A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 14, 1964, with a magnitude of 0.5591. 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. Partial solar eclipses occur in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 1964, with the others occurring on June 10, July 9, and December 4.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and extreme southern South America.
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.
+January 14, 1964 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1964 January 14 at 18:38:52.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1964 January 14 at 20:19:20.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1964 January 14 at 20:30:08.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1964 January 14 at 20:44:03.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1964 January 14 at 22:21:24.3 UTC
+January 14, 1964 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.55916 Eclipse Obscuration 0.44651 Gamma −1.23541 Sun Right Ascension 19h42m19.5s Sun Declination -21°21'43.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 19h42m41.8s Moon Declination -22°29'45.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'05.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'23.3" ΔT 35.1 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 December 1963–January 1964 December 30Ascending node (full moon) January 14Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1964 A partial solar eclipse on January 14. A partial solar eclipse on June 10. A total lunar eclipse on June 25. A partial solar eclipse on July 9. A partial solar eclipse on December 4. A total lunar eclipse on December 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1955 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 18, 1973
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 15, 1877 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2050
Solar eclipses of 1961–1964
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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