A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, November 2, 1967, 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.
It was unusual in that while it is a total solar eclipse, it was 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.
+November 2, 1967 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1967 November 2 at 03:39:02.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1967 November 2 at 05:26:47.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1967 November 2 at 05:38:56.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1967 November 2 at 05:48:56.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1967 November 2 at 05:50:36.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1967 November 2 at 06:25:04.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1967 November 2 at 07:38:31.3 UTC
+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
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 October–November 1967 October 18Ascending node (full moon) November 2Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 126 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 152
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1967 A total lunar eclipse on April 24. A partial solar eclipse on May 9. A total lunar eclipse on October 18. A non-central total solar eclipse on November 2.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 27, 1958 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 6, 1976
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
Solar Saros 152 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 31, 1880 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
Saros 152
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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