Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968

Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.9451
Magnitude 1.0099
Maximum eclipse
Duration 40 sec (0 m 40 s)
Coordinates 56°12′N 64°00′E / 56.2°N 64°E / 56.2; 64
Max. width of band 104 km (65 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 11:18:46
References
Saros 124 (52 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9439

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 22, 1968. 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.

Solar eclipses of 1968-1971

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 1968-1971
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
119
March 28, 1968
Partial		 124
September 22, 1968
Total
129
March 18, 1969
Annular		 134
September 11, 1969
Annular
139
March 7, 1970
Total		 144
August 31, 1970
Annular
149
February 25, 1971
Partial		 154
August 20, 1971
Partial
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set.

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