| Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.4171 |
| Magnitude | 0.9174 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 12m 2s |
| Coordinates | 1.1N 48.5W |
| Max. width of band | 345 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 15:02:44 |
| References | |
| Saros | 141 (21 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9451 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1973. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse 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.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 25, 1971 and August 20, 1971 occur in the next lunar year set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 116 | July 22, 1971 Partial |
121 | January 16, 1972 Annular |
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| 126 | July 10, 1972 Total |
131 | January 4, 1973 Annular |
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| 136 | June 30, 1973 Total |
141 | December 24, 1973 Annular |
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| 146 | June 20, 1974 Total |
151 | December 13, 1974 Partial |
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Solar Saros 141 repeats every 18 years, 11 days and contains 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2460. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. [1]
Series members 17-28 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|
November 11, 1901 |
November 22, 1919 |
December 2, 1937 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
December 14, 1955 |
December 24, 1973 |
January 4, 1992 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
January 15, 2010 |
January 26, 2028 |
February 5, 2046 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
February 17, 2064 |
February 27, 2082 |
March 10, 2100 |
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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
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| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
July 31, 1924 |
May 19, 1928 |
March 7, 1932 |
December 25, 1935 |
October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
August 1, 1943 |
May 20, 1947 |
March 7, 1951 |
December 25, 1954 |
October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
July 31, 1962 |
May 20, 1966 |
March 7, 1970 |
December 24, 1973 |
October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
March 7, 1989 |
December 24, 1992 |
October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
July 31, 2000 |
