Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968
| Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968 | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
| 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.
Related eclipses
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 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. | ||||||
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Foto from solar eclipse of September 22, 1968 in Russia
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