Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
| Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.2659 |
| Magnitude | 0.508 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°42′S 135°24′E / 61.7°S 135.4°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 22:39:31 |
| References | |
| Saros | 154 (4 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9445 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 20–21, 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. It was visible near sunrise on August 21st over parts of Australia.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1968–1971
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]
The partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1968 to 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | March 28, 1968 Partial |
−1.037 | 124 | September 22, 1968 Total |
0.9451 | |
| 129 | March 18, 1969 Annular |
−0.2704 | 134 | September 11, 1969 Annular |
0.2201 | |
139.jpg) Totality in Williamston, NC USA |
March 7, 1970 Total |
0.4473 | 144 | August 31, 1970 Annular |
−0.5364 | |
| 149 | February 25, 1971 Partial |
1.1188 | 154 | August 20, 1971 Partial |
−1.2659 | |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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