Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.4225 |
Magnitude | 1.0544 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 315 s (5 min 15 s) |
Coordinates | 2°30′S 133°48′W / 2.5°S 133.8°W |
Max. width of band | 198 km (123 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:17:31 |
References | |
Saros | 127 (55 of 82) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9432 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, May 30, 1965, with a magnitude of 1.0544. 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 northwestern Northland Region in New Zealand on May 31 (Monday), and Manuae in Cook Islands, Manuae and Motu One in French Polynesia, and Peru on May 30 (Sunday).
As most of the eclipse's path was over open ocean, a prolonged observation was made by a jet transport; flying parallel to the path of the eclipse at 587 mph (945 km/h), this gave scientists what was at the time the "longest probe in man's history into the conditions of a solar eclipse", for nearly ten minutes. The expedition involved scientists from NASA, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland; in total, 30 researchers and 13 separate research projects were represented on the plane. [1] [2] [3] The plane, operated by NASA, took off from Hilo, Hawaii, and met up with the path of the eclipse approximately 1,000 mi (1,600 km) south of there.[4] While mostly invisible from land, some ground-based observers in an 85-mile-wide strip of northern New Zealand were able to clearly view the event.[4]
Observations[edit]
New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union sent observation teams to Manuae, Cook Islands to observe the total eclipse. The New Zealand government deployed ships to transport passengers from Rarotonga, the island where the national capital Avarua is located, to Manuae. The atoll has a total area of 1,524 hectares, and only a few copra workers lived there permanently. During the totality, there were 85 scientists as well as their assistants on the atoll. The sun was covered by clouds during the eclipse and observations were not successful.[5] In the northern part of New Zealand's North Island, the total eclipse occurred shortly after sunrise on May 31 local time. Although there were some clouds in the sky on the previous evening, the eclipse was seen successfully. In addition, scientists also launched rockets to obtain observation data from high altitude.[6]
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1965[edit]
- A total solar eclipse on May 30, 1965.
- A partial lunar eclipse on June 14, 1965.
- An annular solar eclipse on November 23, 1965.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 8, 1965.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 24, 1956
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1954
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976
Solar Saros 127[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1947
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 29, 1878
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967[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.[7]
The partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1964 to 1967 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | June 10, 1964![]() Partial |
−1.1393 | 122 | December 4, 1964![]() Partial |
1.1193 | |
127 | May 30, 1965![]() Total |
−0.4225 | 132 | November 23, 1965![]() Annular |
0.3906 | |
137 | May 20, 1966![]() Annular |
0.3467 | 142 | November 12, 1966![]() Total |
−0.33 | |
147 | May 9, 1967![]() Partial |
1.1422 | 152 | November 2, 1967![]() Total (non-central) |
1.0007 |
Saros 127[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 82 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. 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 31 at 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[8]
Series members 46–68 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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46 | 47 | 48 |
![]() February 21, 1803 |
![]() March 4, 1821 |
![]() March 15, 1839 |
49 | 50 | 51 |
![]() March 25, 1857 |
![]() April 6, 1875 |
![]() April 16, 1893 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
![]() April 28, 1911 |
![]() May 9, 1929 |
![]() May 20, 1947 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
![]() May 30, 1965 |
![]() June 11, 1983 |
![]() June 21, 2001 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
![]() July 2, 2019 |
![]() July 13, 2037 |
![]() July 24, 2055 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
![]() August 3, 2073 |
![]() August 15, 2091 |
![]() August 26, 2109 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
![]() September 6, 2127 |
![]() September 16, 2145 |
![]() September 28, 2163 |
67 | 68 | |
![]() October 8, 2181 |
![]() October 19, 2199 |
Inex series[edit]
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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![]() July 10, 1907 (Saros 125) |
![]() June 19, 1936 (Saros 126) |
![]() May 30, 1965 (Saros 127) |
![]() May 10, 1994 (Saros 128) |
![]() April 20, 2023 (Saros 129) |
![]() March 30, 2052 (Saros 130) |
![]() March 10, 2081 (Saros 131) |
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 ascending node.
22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
January 4-5 | October 23-24 | August 10-12 | May 30-31 | March 18-19 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() January 5, 1935 |
![]() August 12, 1942 |
![]() May 30, 1946 |
![]() March 18, 1950 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() January 5, 1954 |
![]() October 23, 1957 |
![]() August 11, 1961 |
![]() May 30, 1965 |
![]() March 18, 1969 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() January 4, 1973 |
![]() October 23, 1976 |
![]() August 10, 1980 |
![]() May 30, 1984 |
![]() March 18, 1988 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() January 4, 1992 |
![]() October 24, 1995 |
![]() August 11, 1999 |
![]() May 31, 2003 |
![]() March 19, 2007 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
![]() January 4, 2011 |
![]() October 23, 2014 |
![]() August 11, 2018 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Eclipse Picture Try Successful". Orlando Evening Star. Orlando, Florida. 1965-05-31. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Probe of Eclipse History's Longest". The Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. 1965-05-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jet Transport 'Wins' Race With Moon". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1965-05-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Eclipse studied from jet". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia. 1965-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A Full Total Solar Sun Eclipse Cook Islands 1965". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Night Sky - Sun Eclipse Television (Full Length Episode) – 1965". NZ On Screen. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020.
- ^ 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 127". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Russia expedition for solar eclipse of May 30, 1965 Archived August 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine