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 |
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 on November 12, 1966. Template:Total solar eclipse summary
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." The path of the eclipse cut a swath across South America from north of Lima, Peru, nearly to the southernmost tip of Brazil. Although they thought for a moment, they were slightly off track, their aim had been accurate.[1]
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 to 1967 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | 1964 June 10 Partial |
−1.13926 | 122 | 1964 December 04 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 09 Partial |
1.14218 | 152 | 1967 November 02 Total (non-central) |
−1.00067 |
It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.[2]
Series members 17–41 occur between 1901 and 2359 | ||
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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 | 33 | 34 |
March 23, 2183 |
April 4, 2201 |
April 15, 2219 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
April 25, 2237 |
May 7, 2255 |
May 17, 2273 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
May 28, 2291 |
June 9, 2309 |
June 20, 2327 |
41 | ||
June 30, 2345 |