Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
SE1975May11P.png
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.0647
Magnitude 0.8636
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 7:17:33
References
Saros 118 (66 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9454

A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 11, 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

Solar eclipses of 1975-1978

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975-1978
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 SE1975May11P.png
May 11, 1975
Partial
123 SE1975Nov03P.png
November 3, 1975
Partial
128 SE1976Apr29A.png
April 29, 1976
Annular
133 SE1976Oct23T.png
October 23, 1976
Total
138 SE1977Apr18A.png
April 18, 1977
Annular
143 SE1977Oct12T.png
October 12, 1977
Total
148 150px
April 7, 1978
Partial
153 150px
October 2, 1978
Partial

Metonic cycle

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).

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