A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 9, 1967, with a magnitude of 0.7201. 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 and Northern 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.
+May 9, 1967 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1967 May 9 at 12:37:20.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1967 May 9 at 14:42:47.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1967 May 9 at 14:55:56.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1967 May 9 at 15:36:05.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1967 May 9 at 16:47:49.8 UTC
+May 9, 1967 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.72009 Eclipse Obscuration 0.63352 Gamma 1.14218 Sun Right Ascension 03h03m17.2s Sun Declination +17°16'38.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h01m40.6s Moon Declination +18°14'18.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'51.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'30.4" ΔT 37.7 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 April–May 1967 April 24Descending node (full moon) May 9Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 121 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 147
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 July 20, 1963 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1976
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Solar Saros 147 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 7, 1880 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
Saros 147
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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