Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965

Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.4225
Magnitude	1.0544
Maximum eclipse
Duration	315 sec (5 m 15 s)
Coordinates	2°30′S 133°48′W / 2.5°S 133.8°W
Max. width of band	198 km (123 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	21:17:31
References
Saros	127 (55 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9432

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1965. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1964-1967

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.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1964-1967

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
117	June 10, 1964 Partial		122	December 4, 1964 Partial
127	May 30, 1965 Total		132	November 23, 1965 Annular
137	May 20, 1966 Annular		142	November 12, 1966 Total
147	May 9, 1967 Partial		152	November 2, 1967 Total

Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532.^[1]

Series members 52–62 occur between 1901 and 2100
52	53	54
April 28, 1911	May 9, 1929	May 20, 1947
55	56	57
May 30, 1965	June 11, 1983	June 21, 2001
58	59	60
July 2, 2019	July 13, 2037	July 24, 2055
61	62
August 3, 2073	August 15, 2091

Metonic series

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).

21 eclipse events between August 12, 1942 and August 11, 2018
August 10-12	May 30	March 18	January 4-5	October 23-24
115	117	119	121	123
August 12, 1942	May 30, 1946	March 18, 1950	January 5, 1954	October 23, 1957
125	127	129	131	133
August 11, 1961	May 30, 1965	March 18, 1969	January 4, 1973	October 23, 1976
135	137	139	141	143
August 10, 1980	May 30, 1984	March 18, 1988	January 4, 1992	October 24, 1995
145	147	149	151	153
August 11, 1999	May 31, 2003	March 19, 2007	January 4, 2011	October 23, 2014
155
August 11, 2018

References

1. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros127.html

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements
• Russia expedition for solar eclipse of May 30, 1965