# Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on 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. 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. Occurring about 21.5 hours before perigee (on February 5, 1962, at 21:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Totality was visible from Indonesia, Netherlands New Guinea (now belonging to Indonesia), the Territory of Papua New Guinea (today's Papua New Guinea), British Solomon Islands (today's Solomon Islands), and Palmyra Atoll. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Asia, Australia, Oceania, Hawaii, and western North America.

## Observation

A team sent by Kyoto University of Japan observed this eclipse in Lae, the second largest city and a port on the east coast of the Territory Papua New Guinea. The spectrum was analyzed with spectrophotometry, and photometry of the inner corona was conducted.

## Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
February 5, 1962 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1962 February 04 at 21:34:34.9 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1962 February 04 at 22:30:37.9 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1962 February 04 at 22:31:19.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1962 February 04 at 22:32:01.6 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 1962 February 04 at 23:30:13.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1962 February 05 at 00:10:27.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1962 February 05 at 00:10:27.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1962 February 05 at 00:12:37.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1962 February 05 at 00:17:05.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 1962 February 05 at 00:54:55.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1962 February 05 at 01:53:09.3 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1962 February 05 at 01:53:52.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1962 February 05 at 01:54:35.4 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1962 February 05 at 02:50:36.1 UTC |
February 5, 1962 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04296 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.08777 |
| Gamma | 0.21066 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h12m42.3s |
| Sun Declination | -16°07'38.7" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'13.3" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h12m31.6s |
| Moon Declination | -15°55'04.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'38.3" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'03.7" |
| ΔT | 34.0 s |

## Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
Eclipse season of February 1962 :
| February 5 Descending node (new moon) | February 19 Ascending node (full moon) |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 130 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 142 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1962

* A total solar eclipse on February 5.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 19.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 17.
* An annular solar eclipse on July 31.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 15.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1971

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1973

### Solar Saros 130

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048

### Solar eclipses of 1961–1964

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The partial solar eclipses on June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1961 to 1964 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 120 | February 15, 1961 Total | 0.883 | 125 | August 11, 1961 Annular | −0.8859 |
| 130 | February 5, 1962 Total | 0.2107 | 135 | July 31, 1962 Annular | −0.113 |
| 140 | January 25, 1963 Annular | −0.4898 | 145 | July 20, 1963 Total | 0.6571 |
| 150 | January 14, 1964 Partial | −1.2354 | 155 | July 9, 1964 Partial | 1.3623 |

### Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
| November 9, 1817 | November 20, 1835 | November 30, 1853 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
| December 12, 1871 | December 22, 1889 | January 3, 1908 |
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
| January 14, 1926 | January 25, 1944 | February 5, 1962 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
| February 16, 1980 | February 26, 1998 | March 9, 2016 |
| 53 | 54 | 55 |
| March 20, 2034 | March 30, 2052 | April 11, 2070 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 |
| April 21, 2088 | May 3, 2106 | May 14, 2124 |
| 59 | 60 | 61 |
| May 25, 2142 | June 4, 2160 | June 16, 2178 |
| 62 |
| June 26, 2196 |

### Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011 :
| September 11–12 | June 30–July 1 | April 17–19 | February 4–5 | November 22–23 |
| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
| September 12, 1931 | June 30, 1935 | April 19, 1939 | February 4, 1943 | November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
| September 12, 1950 | June 30, 1954 | April 19, 1958 | February 5, 1962 | November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
| September 11, 1969 | June 30, 1973 | April 18, 1977 | February 4, 1981 | November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
| September 11, 1988 | June 30, 1992 | April 17, 1996 | February 5, 2000 | November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 |
| September 11, 2007 | July 1, 2011 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| April 14, 1809 (Saros 116) | March 14, 1820 (Saros 117) | February 12, 1831 (Saros 118) | January 11, 1842 (Saros 119) | December 11, 1852 (Saros 120) |
| November 11, 1863 (Saros 121) | October 10, 1874 (Saros 122) | September 8, 1885 (Saros 123) | August 9, 1896 (Saros 124) | July 10, 1907 (Saros 125) |
| June 8, 1918 (Saros 126) | May 9, 1929 (Saros 127) | April 7, 1940 (Saros 128) | March 7, 1951 (Saros 129) | February 5, 1962 (Saros 130) |
| January 4, 1973 (Saros 131) | December 4, 1983 (Saros 132) | November 3, 1994 (Saros 133) | October 3, 2005 (Saros 134) | September 1, 2016 (Saros 135) |
| August 2, 2027 (Saros 136) | July 2, 2038 (Saros 137) | May 31, 2049 (Saros 138) | April 30, 2060 (Saros 139) | March 31, 2071 (Saros 140) |
| February 27, 2082 (Saros 141) | January 27, 2093 (Saros 142) | December 29, 2103 (Saros 143) | November 27, 2114 (Saros 144) | October 26, 2125 (Saros 145) |
| September 26, 2136 (Saros 146) | August 26, 2147 (Saros 147) | July 25, 2158 (Saros 148) | June 25, 2169 (Saros 149) | May 24, 2180 (Saros 150) |
| April 23, 2191 (Saros 151) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| May 16, 1817 (Saros 125) | April 25, 1846 (Saros 126) | April 6, 1875 (Saros 127) |
| March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) | February 24, 1933 (Saros 129) | February 5, 1962 (Saros 130) |
| January 15, 1991 (Saros 131) | December 26, 2019 (Saros 132) | December 5, 2048 (Saros 133) |
| November 15, 2077 (Saros 134) | October 26, 2106 (Saros 135) | October 7, 2135 (Saros 136) |
| September 16, 2164 (Saros 137) | August 26, 2193 (Saros 138) | |