| Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.6571 |
| Magnitude | 1.0224 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 40s |
| Coordinates | 61.7N 119.6W |
| Max. width of band | 101 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:36:13 |
| References | |
| Saros | 145 (19 of 77) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9427 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on July 20, 1963. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 120 | February 15, 1961 Total |
125 | August 11, 1961 Annular |
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| 130 | February 5, 1962 Total |
135 | July 31, 1962 Annular |
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| 140 | January 25, 1963 Annular |
145 | July 20, 1963 Total |
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| 150 | January 14, 1964 Partial |
155 | July 9, 1964 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set. | ||||||
This solar eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 77 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639, and reached a first annular eclipse on June 6, 1891. It was a hybrid event on June 17, 1909, and total eclipses from June 29, 1927 through September 9, 2648. The series ends at member 77 as a partial eclipse on April 17, 3009. The longest eclipse will occur on June 25, 2522, with a maximum duration of totality of 7 minutes, 12 seconds. [1]
Series members 16-26 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
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June 17, 1909 |
June 29, 1927 |
July 9, 1945 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 |
July 20, 1963 |
July 31, 1981 |
August 11, 1999 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 |
August 21, 2017 |
September 2, 2035 |
September 12, 2053 |
| 25 | 26 | |
September 23, 2071 |
October 4, 2089 |
