Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964
| Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964 | |
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 Map
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.3623 |
| Magnitude | 0.3221 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 67.6°N 172.9°W / 67.6; -172.9 |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 11:17:53 |
| References | |
| Saros | 155 (3 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9429 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 9, 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 1961–1964
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 1961–1964 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 120 |
 1961 February 15 Total |
125 |
 1961 August 11 Annular |
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| 130 |
 1962 February 5 Total |
135 |
 1962 July 31 Annular |
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| 140 |
 1963 January 25 Annular |
145 |
 1963 July 20 Total |
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| 150 |
 1964 January 14 Partial |
155 |
 1964 July 9 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set. | ||||||