Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 | |
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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 at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 25, 1971, with a magnitude of 0.7872. 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. In this partial solar eclipse, the Moon covered 78.7% of the Sun.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1971[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on February 10, 1971.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 25, 1971.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 6, 1971.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1971.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1962
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1980
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
Solar Saros 149[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 25, 1884
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Solar eclipses of 1968–1971[edit]
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 | ||||||
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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 |
Saros 149[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349 through November 3, 2385; and annular eclipses from November 15, 2403 through July 13, 2800. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 31 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on July 17, 2205, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 5 minutes, 6 seconds on June 21, 2764. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 9–30 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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9 | 10 | 11 |
![]() November 18, 1808 |
![]() November 29, 1826 |
![]() December 9, 1844 |
12 | 13 | 14 |
![]() December 21, 1862 |
![]() December 31, 1880 |
![]() January 11, 1899 |
15 | 16 | 17 |
![]() January 23, 1917 |
![]() February 3, 1935 |
![]() February 14, 1953 |
18 | 19 | 20 |
![]() February 25, 1971 |
![]() March 7, 1989 |
![]() March 19, 2007 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
![]() March 29, 2025 |
![]() April 9, 2043 |
![]() April 20, 2061 |
24 | 25 | 26 |
![]() May 1, 2079 |
![]() May 11, 2097 |
![]() May 24, 2115 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
![]() June 3, 2133 |
![]() June 14, 2151 |
![]() June 25, 2169 |
30 | ||
![]() July 6, 2187 |
Metonic series[edit]
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).
22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() December 13, 1898 |
![]() July 21, 1906 |
![]() May 9, 1910 |
![]() February 25, 1914 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() December 14, 1917 |
![]() October 1, 1921 |
![]() July 20, 1925 |
![]() May 9, 1929 |
![]() February 24, 1933 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() December 13, 1936 |
![]() October 1, 1940 |
![]() July 20, 1944 |
![]() May 9, 1948 |
![]() February 25, 1952 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() December 14, 1955 |
![]() October 2, 1959 |
![]() July 20, 1963 |
![]() May 9, 1967 |
![]() February 25, 1971 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
![]() December 13, 1974 |
![]() October 2, 1978 |
![]() July 20, 1982 |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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