An annular
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 month ...
occurred on January 4, 1973, with an eclipse magnitude of 0.9303. A
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 month ...
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
Annulus (or anulus) or annular indicates a ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. It may refer to:
Human anatomy
* ''Anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis'', spinal structure
* Annulus of Zinn, a.k.a. annular tendon or ''anulus tendineus com ...
(ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from
Chile and
Argentina.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1973
* An annular solar eclipse on Thursday, 4 January 1973.
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A penumbral lunar eclipse on Thursday, 18 January 1973.
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A penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, 15 June 1973.
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A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 30 June 1973.
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A penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, 15 July 1973.
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A partial lunar eclipse on Monday, 10 December 1973.
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An annular solar eclipse on Monday, 24 December 1973.
Solar eclipses of 1971–1974
Saros 131
Metonic series
Notess
References
1973 1 4
1973 in science
1973 1 4
January 1973 events
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