A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 25, 1971, with a magnitude of 0.7872. 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 Africa and Europe.
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.
+February 25, 1971 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1971 February 25 at 07:49:28.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1971 February 25 at 09:38:07.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1971 February 25 at 09:49:14.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1971 February 25 at 10:37:14.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1971 February 25 at 11:26:20.3 UTC
+February 25, 1971 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.78718 Eclipse Obscuration 0.73865 Gamma 1.11876 Sun Right Ascension 22h31m38.2s Sun Declination -09°15'46.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h29m32.0s Moon Declination -08°14'50.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'42.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'19.9" ΔT 41.3 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 February 1971 February 10Descending node (full moon) February 25Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1971 A total lunar eclipse on February 10. A partial solar eclipse on February 25. A partial solar eclipse on July 22. A total lunar eclipse on August 6. A partial solar eclipse on August 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1962 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1980
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
Solar Saros 149 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 25, 1884 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Solar eclipses of 1968–1971
Saros 149
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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