Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
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A total solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1965. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from northwestern Northland Region in New Zealand on May 31 (Monday), and Manuae in Cook Islands, Manuae and Motu One in French Polynesia, and Peru on May 30 (Sunday).
Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.4225 |
Magnitude | 1.0544 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 315 s (5 min 15 s) |
Coordinates | 2.5°S 133.8°W / -2.5; -133.8 |
Max. width of band | 198 km (123 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:17:31 |
References | |
Saros | 127 (55 of 82) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9432 |
As most of the eclipse's path was over open ocean, a prolonged observation was made by a jet transport; flying parallel to the path of the eclipse at 587 mph (945 km/h), this gave scientists what was at the time the "longest probe in man's history into the conditions of a solar eclipse", for nearly ten minutes. The expedition involved scientists from NASA, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland; in total, 30 researchers and 13 separate research projects were represented on the plane. [1] [2] [3] The plane, operated by NASA, took off from Hilo, Hawaii, and met up with the path of the eclipse approximately 1,000 mi (1,600 km) south of there.[4] While mostly invisible from land, some ground-based observers in an 85-mile-wide strip of northern New Zealand were able to clearly view the event.[4]