Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on Monday, August 31 – Tuesday, September 1, 1970.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. Annularity was visible from the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (today's Papua New Guinea), Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the part that belongs to Tuvalu now) on September 1 (Tuesday), West Samoa (name changed to Samoa later) and the whole American Samoa except Swains Island on August 31 (Monday).
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 1968–1971====== Saros 144 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736.It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880, through August 27, 2565.There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980.The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.Series members 11–21 occur between 1901 and 2100:111213150pxJul 30, 1916150pxAug 10, 1934150pxAug 20, 1952141516150pxAug 31, 1970150pxSep 11, 1988150pxSep 22, 2006171819150pxOct 2, 2024150pxOct 14, 2042150pxOct 24, 20602021150pxNov 4, 2078150pxNov 15, 2096=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxMarch 6, 1905(Saros 138)150pxFebruary 3, 1916(Saros 139)150pxJanuary 3, 1927(Saros 140)150pxDecember 2, 1937(Saros 141)150pxNovember 1, 1948(Saros 142)150pxOctober 2, 1959(Saros 143)150pxAugust 31, 1970(Saros 144)150pxJuly 31, 1981(Saros 145)150pxJune 30, 1992(Saros 146)150pxMay 31, 2003(Saros 147)150pxApril 29, 2014(Saros 148)150pxMarch 29, 2025(Saros 149)150pxFebruary 27, 2036(Saros 150)150pxJanuary 26, 2047(Saros 151)150pxDecember 26, 2057(Saros 152)150pxNovember 24, 2068(Saros 153)150pxOctober 24, 2079(Saros 154)150pxSeptember 23, 2090(Saros 155)===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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