Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961

Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.883
Magnitude 1.036
Maximum eclipse
Duration 165 sec (2 m 45 s)
Coordinates 47°24′N 40°00′E / 47.4°N 40°E / 47.4; 40
Max. width of band 258 km (160 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 8:19:48
References
Saros 120 (58 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9422

A total solar eclipse occurred on February 15, 1961. 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.

Solar eclipses of 1961-1964

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1961-1964
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
120
February 15, 1961
Total
125
August 11, 1961
Annular
130
February 5, 1962
Total
135
July 31, 1962
Annular
140
January 25, 1963
Annular
145
July 20, 1963
Total
150
January 14, 1964
Partial
155
July 9, 1964
Partial
Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set.

Saros 120

It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997.[1]

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

See also

Notes

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 1961 February 15.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/27/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.