Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973

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Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.4171
Magnitude 0.9174
Maximum eclipse
Duration722 s (12 min 2 s)
Coordinates 1°06′N48°30′W / 1.1°N 48.5°W / 1.1; -48.5
Max. width of band345 km (214 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:02:44
References
Saros 141 (21 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9451

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, December 24, 1973, with a magnitude of 0.9174. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from southern Mexico, southwestern Nicaragua, Costa Rica including the capital city San José, Panama, Colombia including the capital city Bogotá, southern Venezuela, Brazil, southern Guyana, southern Dutch Guiana (today's Suriname), southern French Guiana, Portuguese Cape Verde (today's Cape Verde) including the capital city Praia, Mauritania including the capital city Nouakchott, Spanish Sahara (today's Western Sahara), Mali, and Algeria.

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The duration of annularity at maximum eclipse (closest to but slightly shorter than the longest duration) was 12 minutes, 2.37 seconds in the Atlantic Ocean near the Brazilian coast. It was the longest annular solar eclipse until January 14, 3080, but the Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955 lasted longer. [1]

Eclipses in 1973

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 141

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1971–1974

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 February 25, 1971 and August 20, 1971 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1971 to 1974
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
116 July 22, 1971
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Partial
1.513121 January 16, 1972
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Annular
−0.9365
126 July 10, 1972
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Total
0.6872131 January 4, 1973
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Annular
−0.2644
136 June 30, 1973
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Total
−0.0785141 December 24, 1973
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Annular
0.4171
146 June 20, 1974
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Total
−0.8239151 December 13, 1974
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Partial
1.0797

Saros 141

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. 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 annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [3]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
121314
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September 17, 1811
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September 28, 1829
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October 9, 1847
151617
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October 19, 1865
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October 30, 1883
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November 11, 1901
181920
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November 22, 1919
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December 2, 1937
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December 14, 1955
212223
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December 24, 1973
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January 4, 1992
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January 15, 2010
242526
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January 26, 2028
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February 5, 2046
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February 17, 2064
272829
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February 27, 2082
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March 10, 2100
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March 22, 2118
303132
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April 1, 2136
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April 12, 2154
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April 23, 2172
33
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May 4, 2190

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000
December 24–25October 12July 31–August 1May 19–20March 7
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December 24, 1916
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July 31, 1924
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May 19, 1928
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March 7, 1932
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December 25, 1935
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October 12, 1939
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August 1, 1943
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May 20, 1947
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March 7, 1951
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December 25, 1954
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October 12, 1958
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July 31, 1962
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May 20, 1966
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March 7, 1970
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December 24, 1973
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October 12, 1977
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July 31, 1981
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May 19, 1985
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March 7, 1989
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December 24, 1992
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October 12, 1996
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July 31, 2000

Notes

  1. "Annular Solar Eclipses with Durations Exceeding 11m 00s: -3999 to 6000". NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  2. 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.
  3. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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