A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, December 13, 1974, with a magnitude of 0.8266. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of North America, the Caribbean, extreme northern South America, and the Iberian Peninsula.
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.
+December 13, 1974 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1974 December 13 at 14:03:46.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1974 December 13 at 16:13:13.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1974 December 13 at 16:17:20.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1974 December 13 at 16:25:30.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1974 December 13 at 18:22:43.5 UTC
+December 13, 1974 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.82664 Eclipse Obscuration 0.76006 Gamma 1.07974 Sun Right Ascension 17h22m00.7s Sun Declination -23°09'15.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h21m52.0s Moon Declination -22°09'07.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'13.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'51.8" ΔT 45.4 s
Eclipse season
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.
+ Eclipse season of November–December 1974 November 29Descending node (full moon) December 13Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1974 A partial lunar eclipse on June 4. A total solar eclipse on June 20. A total lunar eclipse on November 29. A partial solar eclipse on December 13.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1965 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 1983
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 13, 2061
Solar eclipses of 1971–1974
Saros 151
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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