Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975

Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
Map
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 / 69.7; -80.2
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.

Solar eclipses of 1975-1978

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975-1978
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118
May 11, 1975
Partial		 123
November 3, 1975
Partial
128
April 29, 1976
Annular		 133
October 23, 1976
Total
138
April 18, 1977
Annular		 143
October 12, 1977
Total
148
April 7, 1978
Partial		 153
October 2, 1978
Partial

Metonic cycle

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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