Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 10, 1964, with a magnitude of 0.7545. 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.
This was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 1964, with the others occurring on January 14, 1964|January 14], July 9, 1964|July 9], and December 4, 1964|December 4].
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia and western Oceania.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1964 June 10 at 02:49:28.6 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1964 June 10 at 04:13:17.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1964 June 10 at 04:22:52.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1964 June 10 at 04:34:07.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1964 June 10 at 06:18:54.5 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.75455
Eclipse Obscuration0.70285
Gamma−1.13926
Sun Right Ascension05h13m32.2s
Sun Declination+23°00'50.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'45.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension05h14m24.9s
Moon Declination+21°52'09.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'21.8"
ΔT35.3 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
June 10
Ascending node
June 25
Descending node
July 9
Ascending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1964

Saros 117

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series