Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2354
Magnitude0.5591
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68°12′S 43°06′E / 68.2°S 43.1°E / -68.2; 43.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:30:08
References
Saros150 (14 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9428

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 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. Partial solar eclipses occur in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1961–1964
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
120
1961 February 15
Total		 125
1961 August 11
Annular
130
1962 February 5
Total		 135
1962 July 31
Annular
140
1963 January 25
Annular		 145
1963 July 20
Total
150
1964 January 14
Partial		 155
1964 July 9
Partial
Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set.

Saros 150

It is a part of Saros cycle 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126, through June 22, 2829. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522.

References

  1. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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