Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968

Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968
Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.9451
Magnitude	1.0099
Maximum eclipse
Duration	40 s (0 min 40 s)
Coordinates	56°12′N 64°00′E / 56.2°N 64°E
Max. width of band	104 km (65 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	11:18:46
References
Saros	124 (52 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9439

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 22, 1968. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region 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.^[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1968 to 1971
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
119	1968 March 28 Partial	−1.03704	124	1968 September 22 Total	0.94507
129	1969 March 18 Annular	−0.27037	134	1969 September 11 Annular	0.22014
139	1970 March 7 Total	0.44728	144	1970 August 31 Annular	−0.53640
149	1971 February 25 Partial	1.11876	154	1971 August 20 Partial	−1.26591
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set.