Event
An annular solar eclipse is visible from the Southern Ocean
11 Aug 1961 · 45.80° S, 4.00° E
What the records say
- When
- 11 Aug 1961
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 45.80° S, 4.00° E
- Description
- An annular solar eclipse is visible from the Southern Ocean.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961.
Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961
20th-century annular solar eclipse
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, August 11, 1961, with a magnitude of 0.9375. 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.
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