Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970

Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.5364
Magnitude	0.94
Maximum eclipse
Duration	407 s (6 min 47 s)
Coordinates	20.3°S 164°W / -20.3; -164
Max. width of band	258 km (160 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	21:55:30
References
Saros	144 (14 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9443

An annular solar eclipse occurred on August 31, 1970. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

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.

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, 2968 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 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

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements