| Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0647 |
| Magnitude | 0.8636 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69.7N 80.2W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:17:33 |
| References | |
| Saros | 118 (66 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9454 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 11, 1975. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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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 | |
| 118 | May 11, 1975 Partial |
123 | November 3, 1975 Partial |
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| 128 | April 29, 1976 Annular |
133 | October 23, 1976 Total |
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| 138 | April 18, 1977 Annular |
143 | October 12, 1977 Total |
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| 148 | April 7, 1978 Partial |
153 | October 2, 1978 Partial |
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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
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| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 22, 1971 |
May 11, 1975 |
February 26, 1979 |
December 15, 1982 |
October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 22, 1990 |
May 10, 1994 |
February 26, 1998 |
December 14, 2001 |
October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 22, 2009 |
May 10, 2013 |
February 26, 2017 |
December 14, 2020 |
October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 22, 2028 |
May 9, 2032 |
February 27, 2036 |
December 15, 2039 |
October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
July 22, 2047 |
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