Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1422
Magnitude	0.7201
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	62°30′N 168°06′W / 62.5°N 168.1°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:42:48
References
Saros	147 (20 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9436

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.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 1964–1967[edit]

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
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[edit]

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).

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