Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963
Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | -0.4898 |
Magnitude | 0.9951 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 25 sec (0 m 25 s) |
Coordinates | 48°12′S 15°00′W / 48.2°S 15°W |
Max. width of band | 20 km (12 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 13:37:12 |
References | |
Saros | 140 (26 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9426 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 1963. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity crossed Chile, Argentina, South Africa, southern Basutoland (today's Lesotho) and Malagasy Republic (today's Madagascar). Occurring 3.7 days before perigee (Perigee on January 29, 1963), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. The moon was 374,860 km (232,927 mi) from the Earth.
The moon's apparent diameter was 4.8 arcseconds larger than the July 20, 1963 total solar eclipse. This was an annular solar eclipse because it occurred in January and in January the earth is near its perihelion (closest approach to the Sun).
Related eclipses[]
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 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
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 140[]
It is a part of Saros cycle 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 16, 1512. It contains total eclipses from July 21, 1656 through November 9, 1836, hybrid eclipses from November 20, 1854 through December 23, 1908, and annular eclipses from January 3, 1927 through December 7, 2485. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 1, 2774. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692.
Series members 23–53 occur between 1901 and 2450: | ||
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23 | 24 | 25 |
![]() Dec 23, 1908 |
![]() Jan 3, 1927 |
![]() Jan 14, 1945 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
![]() Jan 25, 1963 |
![]() Feb 4, 1981 |
![]() Feb 16, 1999 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
![]() Feb 26, 2017 |
![]() Mar 9, 2035 |
![]() Mar 20, 2053 |
32 | 33 | 34 |
![]() Mar 31, 2071 |
![]() Apr 10, 2089 |
![]() Apr 23, 2107 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
![]() May 3, 2125 |
![]() May 14, 2143 |
![]() May 25, 2161 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
![]() Jun 5, 2179 |
![]() Jun 15, 2197 |
![]() Jun 28, 2215 |
41 | 42 | 43 |
![]() Jul 8, 2233 |
![]() Jul 19, 2251 |
![]() Jul 29, 2269 |
44 | 45 | 46 |
![]() Aug 10, 2287 |
![]() Aug 21, 2305 |
![]() Sep 1, 2323 |
47 | 48 | 49 |
![]() Sep 12, 2341 |
![]() Sep 23, 2359 |
![]() Oct 3, 2377 |
50 | 51 | 52 |
![]() Oct 14, 2395 |
![]() Oct 25, 2413 |
![]() Nov 5, 2431 |
53 | ||
![]() Nov 15, 2449 |
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).
22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989: | ||||
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April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
108 | 114 | 116 | ||
![]() April 8, 1902 |
![]() August 31, 1913 |
![]() June 19, 1917 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() April 8, 1921 |
![]() January 24, 1925 |
![]() November 12, 1928 |
![]() August 31, 1932 |
![]() June 19, 1936 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() April 7, 1940 |
![]() January 25, 1944 |
![]() November 12, 1947 |
![]() September 1, 1951 |
![]() June 20, 1955 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() April 8, 1959 |
![]() January 25, 1963 |
![]() November 12, 1966 |
![]() August 31, 1970 |
![]() June 20, 1974 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() April 7, 1978 |
![]() January 25, 1982 |
![]() November 12, 1985 |
![]() August 31, 1989 |
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
References[]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Annular solar eclipses
- 1963 in science
- 20th-century solar eclipses
- January 1963 events
- Solar eclipse stubs