Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964
Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964 | |
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Map
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1193 |
Magnitude | 0.7518 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 64.3°N 173.3°W / 64.3; -173.3 |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:31:54 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (55 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9431 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 4, 1964. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
This eclipse is a member of a 1964–1967 series at alternating nodes every 6 synodic months.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1964–1967 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 |
1964 June 10 Partial |
−1.13926 | 122 |
1964 December 4 Partial |
1.11929 | |
127 |
1965 May 30 Total |
−0.42251 | 132 |
1965 November 23 Annular |
0.39061 | |
137 |
1966 May 20 Annular |
0.34672 | 142 |
1966 November 12 Total |
−0.33001 | |
147 |
1967 May 9 Partial |
1.14218 | 152 |
1967 November 2 Total (non-central) |
−1.00067 |