Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975

Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.0248
Magnitude	0.9588
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	70°24′S 161°42′W / 70.4°S 161.7°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:15:54
References
Saros	123 (51 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9455

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 3, 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.

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses in 1975[]

A partial solar eclipse on Sunday, 11 May 1975.
A total lunar eclipse on Sunday, 25 May 1975.
A partial solar eclipse on Monday, 3 November 1975.
A total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 18 November 1975.

Solar eclipses of 1975–1978[]

There were 8 solar eclipses (at 6 month intervals) between May 11, 1975 and October 2, 1978.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975–1978
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
118	1975 May 11 Partial	1.06472	123	1975 November 3 Partial	-1.02475
128	1976 April 29 Annular	0.33783	133	1976 October 23 Total	-0.32699
138	1977 April 18 Annular	-0.39903	143	1977 October 12 Total	0.38363
148	1978 April 7 Partial	-1.10812	153	1978 October 2 Partial	1.16164

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036
June 10–11	March 27–29	January 15–16	November 3	August 21–22
117	119	121	123	125
June 10, 1964	March 28, 1968	January 16, 1972	November 3, 1975	August 22, 1979
127	129	131	133	135
June 11, 1983	March 29, 1987	January 15, 1991	November 3, 1994	August 22, 1998
137	139	141	143	145
June 10, 2002	March 29, 2006	January 15, 2010	November 3, 2013	August 21, 2017
147	149	151	153	155
June 10, 2021	March 29, 2025	January 14, 2029	November 3, 2032	August 21, 2036