| Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.8239 |
| Magnitude | 1.0592 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 5m 9s |
| Coordinates | 32.1S 103.7E |
| Max. width of band | 344 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:48:04 |
| References | |
| Saros | 146 (25 of 76) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9452 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on June 20, 1974. 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.
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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