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]
The partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1968 to 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 |
March 28, 2968 Partial |
−1.037 | 124 |
September 22, 1968 Total |
0.9451 | |
| 129 |
March 18, 1969 Annular |
−0.2704 | 134 |
September 11, 1969 Annular |
0.2201 | |
139.jpg) Totality in Williamston, NC USA |
March 7, 1970 Total |
0.4473 | 144 |
August 31, 1970 Annular |
−0.5364 | |
| 149 |
February 25, 1971 Partial |
1.1188 | 154 |
August 20, 1971 Partial |
−1.2659 | |
- ^ 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.
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]
The partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1968 to 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 |
March 28, 2968 Partial |
−1.037 | 124 |
September 22, 1968 Total |
0.9451 | |
| 129 |
March 18, 1969 Annular |
−0.2704 | 134 |
September 11, 1969 Annular |
0.2201 | |
| 139 Totality in Williamston, NC USA |
March 7, 1970 Total |
0.4473 | 144 |
August 31, 1970 Annular |
−0.5364 | |
| 149 |
February 25, 1971 Partial |
1.1188 | 154 |
August 20, 1971 Partial |
−1.2659 | |
- ^ 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.