Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 22, 1971. This was the 70th and final solar eclipse from Solar Saros 116.

Half-Saros cycle

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

Solar eclipses of 1971–1974

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.^[1]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 25, 1971 and August 20, 1971 occur in the next lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1971 to 1974
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
116	1971 July 22 Partial	1.51298		121	1972 January 16 Annular	−0.93651
126	1972 July 10 Total	0.68719		131	1973 January 4 Annular	−0.26441
136	1973 June 30 Total	−0.07853		141	1973 December 24 Annular	0.41710
146	1974 June 20 Total	−0.82388		151	1974 December 13 Partial	1.07974

Metonic cycle

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
July 21–22	May 9–11	February 26–27	December 14–15	October 2–3
116	118	120	122	124
July 22, 1971	May 11, 1975	February 26, 1979	December 15, 1982	October 3, 1986
126	128	130	132	134
July 22, 1990	May 10, 1994	February 26, 1998	December 14, 2001	October 3, 2005
136	138	140	142	144
July 22, 2009	May 10, 2013	February 26, 2017	December 14, 2020	October 2, 2024
146	148	150	152	154
July 22, 2028	May 9, 2032	February 27, 2036	December 15, 2039	October 3, 2043
156
July 22, 2047

Half-Saros cycle

A solar eclipse will be preceded and followed by lunar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This solar eclipse is related to two penumbral lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 109 on the first and second columns.

From the Earth

17 July 1962	28 July 1980	08 August 1998	18 August 2016

From the Moon

17 July 1962	28 July 1980	08 August 1998	18 August 2016

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by
  GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements