A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 3, 1975, with a magnitude of 0.9588. 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 southern South America and Antarctica.
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 3, 1975 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1975 November 03 at 11:15:40.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1975 November 03 at 13:05:32.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1975 November 03 at 13:15:54.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1975 November 03 at 13:40:06.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1975 November 03 at 15:16:00.1 UTC
+November 3, 1975 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.95883 Eclipse Obscuration 0.95347 Gamma −1.02475 Sun Right Ascension 14h32m18.5s Sun Declination -14°58'14.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h31m21.8s Moon Declination -15°58'31.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'28.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'28.4" ΔT 46.3 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 November 1975 November 3Ascending node (new moon) November 18Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 123 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 135
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1975 A partial solar eclipse on May 11. A total lunar eclipse on May 25. A partial solar eclipse on November 3. A total lunar eclipse on November 18.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 29, 1966 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 1984
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986
Solar Saros 123 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
Solar eclipses of 1975–1978
Saros 123
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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