Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
| Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1188 |
| Magnitude | 0.7872 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°24′N 33°30′W / 61.4°N 33.5°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 9:38:07 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (18 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9444 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 25, 1971. 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.
Each member 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.
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