Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967

{{Short description|Total eclipse}}

{{Infobox solar eclipse|1967Nov02

| previous = Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967

| next = Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, November 2, 1967,{{cite web|title=November 2, 1967 Total Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1967-november-2|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=8 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 1.0126. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4 hours after perigee (on November 2, 1967, at 1:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=1967&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=8 August 2024}}

It will be unusual in that while it is a total solar eclipse, it is not a central solar eclipse. A non-central eclipse is one where the center-line of totality does not intersect the surface of the Earth (when the gamma is between 0.9972 and 1.0260). Instead, the center line passes just above the Earth's surface. This rare type occurs when totality is only visible at sunset or sunrise in a polar region.

While totality was not visible for any land masses, a partial eclipse was visible for Southern Africa and Antarctica. This was the first of 55 umbral solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Total Solar Eclipse of 1967 Nov 02|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1967Nov02Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=8 August 2024}}

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|+November 2, 1967 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1967 November 02 at 03:39:02.7 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 1967 November 02 at 05:26:47.4 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1967 November 02 at 05:38:56.2 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1967 November 02 at 05:48:56.9 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 1967 November 02 at 05:50:36.0 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1967 November 02 at 06:25:04.9 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1967 November 02 at 07:38:31.3 UTC

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|+November 2, 1967 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 1.01261

Eclipse Obscuration

| -

Gamma

| −1.00067

Sun Right Ascension

| 14h26m52.0s

Sun Declination

| -14°32'08.6"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'07.1"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.9"

Moon Right Ascension

| 14h25m07.9s

Moon Declination

| -15°28'04.1"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 16'44.2"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 1°01'25.4"

ΔT

| 38.1 s

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Eclipse season

{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

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|+ Eclipse season of October–November 1967

! October 18
Ascending node (full moon)
!! November 2
Descending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126

Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152

Related eclipses

= Eclipses in 1967 =

= Metonic =

= Tzolkinex =

= Half-Saros =

= Tritos =

= Solar Saros 152 =

= Inex =

= Triad =

= Solar eclipses of 1964–1967 =

{{Solar eclipse set 1964–1967}}

= Saros 152 =

{{Solar Saros series 152}}

= Metonic series =

{{Solar Metonic series 1884–1971}}

= Tritos series =

{{Solar Tritos series 2000 July 31}}

= Inex series =

{{Solar Inex series 2025 September 21}}

Notes

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References

{{Solar eclipse NASA reference|1951/SE1967Nov02T|19671102}}

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