Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967

A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1967. 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.

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1422
Magnitude	0.7201
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	62.5°N 168.1°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:42:48
References
Saros	147 (20 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9436

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1964–1967

This eclipse is a member of a 1964–1967 series at alternating nodes every 6 synodic months.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1964–1967
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
117	1964 June 10 Partial	-1.13926		122	1964 December 4 Partial	1.11929
127	1965 May 30 Total	-0.42251		132	1965 November 23 Annular	0.39061
137	1966 May 20 Annular	0.34672		142	1966 November 12 Total	-0.33001
147	1967 May 9 Partial	1.14218		152	1967 November 2 Total (non-central)	-1.00067

Metonic series

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).

21 eclipse events between July 21, 1906 and July 20, 1982
July 20–21	May 9	February 24–25	December 13–14	October 1–2
105	107	109	111	113
			December 13, 1898
115	117	119	121	123
July 21, 1906	May 9, 1910	February 25, 1914	December 14, 1917	October 1, 1921
125	127	129	131	133
July 20, 1925	May 9, 1929	February 24, 1933	December 13, 1936	October 1, 1940
135	137	139	141	143
July 20, 1944	May 9, 1948	February 25, 1952	December 14, 1955	October 2, 1959
145	147	149	151	153
July 20, 1963	May 9, 1967	February 25, 1971	December 13, 1974	October 2, 1978
155
July 20, 1982

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements