Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961
20th-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An annular solar eclipse occurred on August 11, 1961. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. A small annular eclipse covered only 94% of the Sun in a very broad path, 499 km wide at maximum, and lasted 6 minutes and 35 seconds.
Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...
Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.8859 |
Magnitude | 0.9375 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 395 s (6 min 35 s) |
Coordinates | 45.8°S 4°E / -45.8; 4 |
Max. width of band | 499 km (310 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 10:46:47 |
References | |
Saros | 125 (51 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9423 |
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