Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971

Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1188
Magnitude0.7872
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°24′N 33°30′W / 61.4°N 33.5°W / 61.4; -33.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:38:07
References
Saros149 (18 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9444

A partial solar eclipse occurred on 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

Solar eclipses of 1968–1971

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1968–1971
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119
1968 March 28
Partial
−1.03704 124
1968 September 22
Total
0.94507
129
1969 March 18
Annular
−0.27037 134
1969 September 11
Annular
0.22014
139
1970 March 7
Total
0.44728 144
1970 August 31
Annular
−0.53640
149
1971 February 25
Partial
1.11876 154
1971 August 20
Partial
−1.26591
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set.

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).


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