Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972
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A total solar eclipse occurred on Monday, July 10, 1972. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only 2.9 days after perigee (Perigee on July 7, 1972), the Moon's diameter was relatively large.
Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.6872 |
Magnitude | 1.0379 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 156 s (2 min 36 s) |
Coordinates | 63.5°N 94.2°W / 63.5; -94.2 |
Max. width of band | 175 km (109 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:46:38 |
References | |
Saros | 126 (45 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9448 |
It was visible as a total eclipse along a path of totality that began in Sea of Okhotsk and traversed the far eastern portions of the Soviet Union (which now belongs to Russia) on July 11 local time, northern Alaska in the United States, Northern Canada, eastern Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes on July 10 local time. A partial eclipse was visible over Siberia, Canada and the northern and eastern United States.
The eclipse was mostly seen on July 10, 1972, except for the Asian part of Soviet Union and Japanese island Hokkaido, where either a partial or a total eclipse was seen on July 11 local time, and part of the Soviet Union along the coast of Kara Sea, where a partial eclipse started on July 10, passing midnight and ended on July 11 due to the midnight sun.