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20th-century partial solar eclipse
A partial
solar eclipse
occurred on July 22, 1971. This was the 70th and final solar eclipse from
Solar Saros 116
.
Half-Saros cycle
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Solar Saros 116
and
Lunar Saros 109
Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935
July 1944 lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953
July 1962 lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971
July 1980 lunar eclipse
August 1998 lunar eclipse
August 2016 lunar eclipse
Related eclipses
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Solar eclipses of 1971?1974
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This eclipse is a member of a
semester series
. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating
nodes
of the Moon's orbit.
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Note: Partial solar eclipses on
February 25, 1971
and
August 20, 1971
occur in the next lunar year set.
Metonic cycle
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The
metonic series
repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
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July 21?22
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May 9?11
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February 26?27
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December 14?15
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October 2?3
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116
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118
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120
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122
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124
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July 22, 1971
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May 11, 1975
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February 26, 1979
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December 15, 1982
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October 3, 1986
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126
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128
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130
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132
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134
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July 22, 1990
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May 10, 1994
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February 26, 1998
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December 14, 2001
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October 3, 2005
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136
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138
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140
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142
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144
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July 22, 2009
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May 10, 2013
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February 26, 2017
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December 14, 2020
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October 2, 2024
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146
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148
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150
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152
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154
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July 22, 2028
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May 9, 2032
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February 27, 2036
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December 15, 2039
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October 3, 2043
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156
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July 22, 2047
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Half-Saros cycle
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A solar eclipse will be preceded and followed by lunar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros
).
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This solar eclipse is related to two penumbral lunar eclipses of
Lunar Saros 109
on the first and second columns.
From the Earth
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From the Moon
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References
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External links
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