Event
Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
4 Feb 1962 – 5 Feb 1962 · 4.20° S, 178.10° E
What the records say
- When
- 4 Feb 1962 – 5 Feb 1962
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 4.20° S, 178.10° E
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Summary
During a new moon and solar eclipse, an extremely rare grand conjunction of the classical planets occurs (it includes all five of the naked-eye planets plus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on the ecliptic. The total solar eclipse of February 5, 1962 is visible in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Ocean, and is the 49th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130.
Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
Total eclipse
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Sunday, February 4 and Monday, February 5, 1962, with a magnitude of 1.043. 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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