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, July 9, and 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.
+June 10, 1964 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1964 June 10 at 02:49:28.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1964 June 10 at 04:13:17.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1964 June 10 at 04:22:52.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1964 June 10 at 04:34:07.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1964 June 10 at 06:18:54.5 UTC
+June 10, 1964 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.75455 Eclipse Obscuration 0.70285 Gamma −1.13926 Sun Right Ascension 05h13m32.2s Sun Declination +23°00'50.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'45.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 05h14m24.9s Moon Declination +21°52'09.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.8" ΔT 35.3 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of June–July 1964 June 10Ascending node (new moon) June 25Descending node (full moon) July 9Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
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 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 1955 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1973
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
Solar Saros 117 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1877 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
Saros 117
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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