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]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 25, 1971 and August 20, 1971 occur in the next lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1971 to 1974 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
116 | 1971 July 22 Partial |
1.51298 | 121 | 1972 January 16 Annular |
−0.93651 | |
126 | 1972 July 10 Total |
0.68719 | 131 | 1973 January 4 Annular |
−0.26441 | |
136 | 1973 June 30 Total |
−0.07853 | 141 | 1973 December 24 Annular |
0.41710 | |
146 | 1974 June 20 Total |
−0.82388 | 151 | 1974 December 13 Partial |
1.07974 |
- ^ 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.