Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1188 |
Magnitude | 0.7872 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°24′N 33°30′W / 61.4°N 33.5°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 9:38:07 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (18 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9444 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 25, 1971. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1968-1971
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
119 | March 28, 1968 Partial |
124 | September 22, 1968 Total | |||
129 | March 18, 1969 Annular |
134 | September 11, 1969 Annular | |||
139 | March 7, 1970 Total |
144 | August 31, 1970 Annular | |||
149 | February 25, 1971 Partial |
154 | August 20, 1971 Partial | |||
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set. |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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