Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965

Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.3906
Magnitude	0.9656
Maximum eclipse
Duration	242 s (4 min 2 s)
Coordinates	1°42′N 119°48′E / 1.7°N 119.8°E / 1.7; 119.8
Max. width of band	134 km (83 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	4:14:51
References
Saros	132 (43 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9433

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 23, 1965,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9656. 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. Occurring about 6.3 days before apogee (on November 29, 1965, at 12:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[2]

Annularity was visible from the Soviet Union (today's eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and southwestern Tajikistan), Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Nepal (including the capital city Kathmandu), southwestern Sikkim (now merged with India), Burma, southwestern tip of Sainyabuli Province in Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam (now belonging to Vietnam), Spratly Islands, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Territory of Papua New Guinea (today's Papua New Guinea), and Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the part now belonging to Kiribati). 8 of the 14 eight-thousanders—Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu, as well as the highest peak of Oceania, Puncak Jaya, lie in the path of annularity. A partial eclipse was visible for most of Asia, Australia, and Oceania.