Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.8239 |
Magnitude | 1.0592 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 309 s (5 min 9 s) |
Coordinates | 32°06′S103°42′E / 32.1°S 103.7°E |
Max. width of band | 344 km (214 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 4:48:04 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (25 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9452 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, June 20, 1974, with a magnitude of 1.0592. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the view 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.
The path of totality passed over the Indian Ocean, Amsterdam Island, and Western Australia. The partial eclipse was visible from Madagascar, Indonesia, Australia, and the southwestern coast of South Island, New Zealand. [1]
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 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
116 | July 22, 1971 ![]() Partial | 1.513 | 121 | January 16, 1972 ![]() Annular | −0.9365 | |
126 | July 10, 1972 ![]() Total | 0.6872 | 131 | January 4, 1973 ![]() Annular | −0.2644 | |
136 | June 30, 1973 ![]() Total | −0.0785 | 141 | December 24, 1973 ![]() Annular | 0.4171 | |
146 | June 20, 1974 ![]() Total | −0.8239 | 151 | December 13, 1974 ![]() Partial | 1.0797 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. 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 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [3]
Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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16 | 17 | 18 |
![]() March 13, 1812 | ![]() March 24, 1830 | ![]() April 3, 1848 |
19 | 20 | 21 |
![]() April 15, 1866 | ![]() April 25, 1884 | ![]() May 7, 1902 |
22 | 23 | 24 |
![]() May 18, 1920 | ![]() May 29, 1938 | ![]() June 8, 1956 |
25 | 26 | 27 |
![]() June 20, 1974 | ![]() June 30, 1992 | ![]() July 11, 2010 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
![]() July 22, 2028 | ![]() August 2, 2046 | ![]() August 12, 2064 |
31 | 32 | 33 |
![]() August 24, 2082 | ![]() September 4, 2100 | ![]() September 15, 2118 |
34 | 35 | 36 |
![]() September 26, 2136 | ![]() October 7, 2154 | ![]() October 17, 2172 |
37 | ||
![]() October 29, 2190 |
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2105 | ||||
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![]() September 28, 1810 (Saros 131) | ![]() August 27, 1821 (Saros 132) | ![]() July 27, 1832 (Saros 133) | ![]() June 27, 1843 (Saros 134) | ![]() May 26, 1854 (Saros 135) |
![]() April 25, 1865 (Saros 136) | ![]() March 25, 1876 (Saros 137) | ![]() February 22, 1887 (Saros 138) | ![]() January 22, 1898 (Saros 139) | ![]() December 23, 1908 (Saros 140) |
![]() November 22, 1919 (Saros 141) | ![]() October 21, 1930 (Saros 142) | ![]() September 21, 1941 (Saros 143) | ![]() August 20, 1952 (Saros 144) | ![]() July 20, 1963 (Saros 145) |
![]() June 20, 1974 (Saros 146) | ![]() May 19, 1985 (Saros 147) | ![]() April 17, 1996 (Saros 148) | ![]() March 19, 2007 (Saros 149) | ![]() February 15, 2018 (Saros 150) |
![]() January 14, 2029 (Saros 151) | ![]() December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) | ![]() November 14, 2050 (Saros 153) | ![]() October 13, 2061 (Saros 154) | ![]() September 12, 2072 (Saros 155) |
![]() August 13, 2083 (Saros 156) | ![]() July 12, 2094 (Saros 157) | ![]() June 12, 2105 (Saros 158) |
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 April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989 | ||||
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April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31–September 1 | June 19–20 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
![]() April 8, 1902 | ![]() August 31, 1913 | ![]() June 19, 1917 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() April 8, 1921 | ![]() January 24, 1925 | ![]() November 12, 1928 | ![]() August 31, 1932 | ![]() June 19, 1936 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() April 7, 1940 | ![]() January 25, 1944 | ![]() November 12, 1947 | ![]() September 1, 1951 | ![]() June 20, 1955 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() April 8, 1959 | ![]() January 25, 1963 | ![]() November 12, 1966 | ![]() August 31, 1970 | ![]() June 20, 1974 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() April 7, 1978 | ![]() January 25, 1982 | ![]() November 12, 1985 | ![]() August 31, 1989 |
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