Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
| Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0647 |
| Magnitude | 0.8636 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69°42′N 80°12′W / 69.7°N 80.2°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:17:33 |
| References | |
| Saros | 118 (66 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9454 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 11, 1975. 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.
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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