Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.2107 |
Magnitude | 1.043 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 248 s (4 min 8 s) |
Coordinates | 4°12′S 178°06′E / 4.2°S 178.1°E |
Max. width of band | 147 km (91 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:12:38 |
References | |
Saros | 130 (49 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9424 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, February 5, 1962, with a magnitude of 1.043. 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. Totality was visible from Indonesia, Netherlands New Guinea (now belonging to Indonesia), the Territory of Papua New Guinea (today's Papua New Guinea), British Solomon Islands (today's Solomon Islands), and Palmyra Atoll.
Observation[edit]
A team sent by Kyoto University of Japan observed this eclipse in Lae, the second largest city and a port on the east coast of the Territory Papua New Guinea. The spectrum was analyzed with spectrophotometry, and photometry of the inner corona was conducted.[1]
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1962[edit]
- A total solar eclipse on February 5, 1962.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 19, 1962.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 17, 1962.
- An annular solar eclipse on July 31, 1962.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 15, 1962.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1971
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1973
Solar Saros 130[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Solar eclipses of 1961–1964[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.[2]
The partial solar eclipses on June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1961 to 1964 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120![]() |
February 15, 1961![]() Total |
0.883 | 125 | August 11, 1961![]() Annular |
−0.8859 | |
130 | February 5, 1962![]() Total |
0.2107 | 135 | July 31, 1962![]() Annular |
−0.113 | |
140 | January 25, 1963![]() Annular |
−0.4898 | 145 | July 20, 1963![]() Total |
0.6571 | |
150 | January 14, 1964![]() Partial |
−1.2354 | 155 | July 9, 1964![]() Partial |
1.3623 |
Saros 130[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. 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 was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[3]
Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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41 | 42 | 43 |
![]() November 9, 1817 |
![]() November 20, 1835 |
![]() November 30, 1853 |
44 | 45 | 46 |
![]() December 12, 1871 |
![]() December 22, 1889 |
![]() January 3, 1908 |
47 | 48 | 49 |
![]() January 14, 1926 |
![]() January 25, 1944 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
50 | 51 | 52 |
![]() February 16, 1980 |
![]() February 26, 1998 |
![]() March 9, 2016 |
53 | 54 | 55 |
![]() March 20, 2034 |
![]() March 30, 2052 |
![]() April 11, 2070 |
56 | 57 | 58 |
![]() April 21, 2088 |
![]() May 3, 2106 |
![]() May 14, 2124 |
59 | 60 | 61 |
![]() May 25, 2142 |
![]() June 4, 2160 |
![]() June 16, 2178 |
62 | ||
![]() June 26, 2196 |
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
![]() September 12, 1931 |
![]() June 30, 1935 |
![]() April 19, 1939 |
![]() February 4, 1943 |
![]() November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
![]() September 12, 1950 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() April 18, 1977 |
![]() February 4, 1981 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() June 30, 1992 |
![]() April 17, 1996 |
![]() February 5, 2000 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | |||
![]() September 11, 2007 |
![]() July 1, 2011 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Kiroki Kurokawa, Susumu Tominaga, Jun Kubota, Ichiro Kawaguchi (1969). "The Flash Spectrum Observed at the Total Eclipse of February 5, 1962". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 21: 141–166. Bibcode:1969PASJ...21..141K.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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 130". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.