A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...

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 A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 19, 1917. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water ...

Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935 A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1935. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandes ...

July 1944 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, July 6, 1944. Visibility Related lunar eclipses Lunar year series See also *List of lunar eclipses There are several lists of lunar eclipses On the Moon, by the Earth ; Type * List of ce ...

Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 11, 1953. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandes ...

July 1962 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, July 17, 1962. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes, just 39% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part ...

Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971

July 1980 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, July 27, 1980, the second of three penumbral lunar eclipses in 1980. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours, 17 minutes and 36.3 secon ...

August 1998 lunar eclipse August 2016 lunar eclipse

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1971–1974

Metonic cycle

Half-Saros cycle

A solar eclipse will be preceded and followed by lunar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This solar eclipse is related to two penumbral lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 109 on the first and second columns.

From the Earth

From the Moon

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