Solar eclipse of November 12, 1966 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.33 |
Magnitude | 1.0234 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 117 s (1 min 57 s) |
Coordinates | 35°36′S 48°12′W / 35.6°S 48.2°W / -35.6; -48.2 |
Max. width of band | 84 km (52 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:23:28 |
References | |
Saros | 142 (20 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9435 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, November 12, 1966, with a magnitude of 1.0234. 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. The path of totality cut a swath across South America from north of Lima, Peru, passing the northeastern tip of Chile, Bolivia, Northwest of Argentina, southwestern tip of Ñeembucú DepartmentinParaguay, nearly to the southernmost tip of Brazil.
The NASA Gemini XII mission observed this total eclipse from space:
The Canary Island controller greeted the crew in the morning with the news that there would be a second maneuver - 5 meters forward - to line the vehicles up properly. The prospects panned out richly, and the crew reported seeing the eclipse "right on the money at 16:01:44 g.e.t." Although the crew thought for a moment that they were slightly off track, their aim had actually been accurate.[1]
The 28 October 1966 launch of the U.S. Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle 3-2 (OV3-2) was timed such that it could observe ambient charged particle variations before, during, and after the eclipse.[2]
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.[3]
The partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1964 to 1967 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | June 10, 1964![]() Partial |
−1.1393 | 122 | December 4, 1964![]() Partial |
1.1193 | |
127 | May 30, 1965![]() Total |
−0.4225 | 132 | November 23, 1965![]() Annular |
0.3906 | |
137 | May 20, 1966![]() Annular |
0.3467 | 142 | November 12, 1966![]() Total |
−0.33 | |
147 | May 9, 1967![]() Partial |
1.1422 | 152 | November 2, 1967![]() Total (non-central) |
1.0007 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains a hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 38 at 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]
Series members 11–32 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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11 | 12 | 13 |
![]() August 5, 1804 |
![]() August 16, 1822 |
![]() August 27, 1840 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
![]() September 7, 1858 |
![]() September 17, 1876 |
![]() September 29, 1894 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
![]() October 10, 1912 |
![]() October 21, 1930 |
![]() November 1, 1948 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
![]() November 12, 1966 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
![]() December 4, 2002 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() December 26, 2038 |
![]() January 5, 2057 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
![]() January 16, 2075 |
![]() January 27, 2093 |
![]() February 8, 2111 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
![]() February 18, 2129 |
![]() March 2, 2147 |
![]() March 12, 2165 |
32 | ||
![]() March 23, 2183 |
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events 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 | 110 | 112 | 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 |