Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 1963.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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity crossed Chile, Argentina, South Africa, southern Basutoland (today's Lesotho) and Malagasy Republic (today's Madagascar). Occurring 3.7 days before perigee (Perigee on January 29, 1963), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. The moon was 374,860 km (232,927 mi) from the Earth.The moon's apparent diameter was 4.8 arcseconds larger than the July 20, 1963 total solar eclipse. This was an annular solar eclipse because it occurred in January and in January the earth is near its perihelion (closest approach to the Sun).
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 1961–1964====== Saros 140 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 16, 1512.It contains total eclipses from July 21, 1656 through November 9, 1836, hybrid eclipses from November 20, 1854, through December 23, 1908, and annular eclipses from January 3, 1927 through December 7, 2485.The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 1, 2774.The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692.Series members 23–53 occur between 1901 and 2450:232425150pxDec 23, 1908150pxJan 3, 1927150pxJan 14, 1945262728150pxJan 25, 1963150pxFeb 4, 1981150pxFeb 16, 1999293031150pxFeb 26, 2017150pxMar 9, 2035150pxMar 20, 2053323334150pxMar 31, 2071150pxApr 10, 2089150pxApr 23, 2107353637150pxMay 3, 2125150pxMay 14, 2143150pxMay 25, 2161383940150pxJun 5, 2179150pxJun 15, 2197150pxJun 28, 2215414243150pxJul 8, 2233150pxJul 19, 2251150px Jul 29, 2269444546150pxAug 10, 2287150pxAug 21, 2305150pxSep 1, 2323474849150pxSep 12, 2341150pxSep 23, 2359150px Oct 3, 2377505152150pxOct 14, 2395150pxOct 25, 2413150px Nov 5, 243153150px Nov 15, 2449===Metonic series===22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989:April 7–8January 24–25November 12August 31-September 1June 19–20108114116150pxApril 8, 1902150pxAugust 31, 1913150pxJune 19, 1917118120122124126150pxApril 8, 1921150pxJanuary 24, 1925150pxNovember 12, 1928150pxAugust 31, 1932150pxJune 19, 1936128130132134136150pxApril 7, 1940150pxJanuary 25, 1944150pxNovember 12, 1947150pxSeptember 1, 1951150pxJune 20, 1955138140142144146150pxApril 8, 1959150pxJanuary 25, 1963150pxNovember 12, 1966150pxAugust 31, 1970150pxJune 20, 1974148150152154150pxApril 7, 1978150pxJanuary 25, 1982150pxNovember 12, 1985150pxAugust 31, 1989
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