title: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
text: # Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
  
  A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1967. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
  
  This eclipse is a member of a 1964–1967 series at alternating nodes every 6 synodic months.
  
  Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 1964–1967 :
  
  | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
  | 117 | 1964 June 10 Partial | -1.13926 | 122 | 1964 December 4 Partial | 1.11929 |
  | 127 | 1965 May 30 Total | -0.42251 | 132 | 1965 November 23 Annular | 0.39061 |
  | 137 | 1966 May 20 Annular | 0.34672 | 142 | 1966 November 12 Total | -0.33001 |
  | 147 | 1967 May 9 Partial | 1.14218 | 152 | 1967 November 2 Total (non-central) | -1.00067 |
  
  ### 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).
  
  22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 :
  
  | December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
  | December 13, 1898 | | July 21, 1906 | May 9, 1910 | February 25, 1914 |
  | 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
  | December 14, 1917 | October 1, 1921 | July 20, 1925 | May 9, 1929 | February 24, 1933 |
  | 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
  | December 13, 1936 | October 1, 1940 | July 20, 1944 | May 9, 1948 | February 25, 1952 |
  | 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
  | December 14, 1955 | October 2, 1959 | July 20, 1963 | May 9, 1967 | February 25, 1971 |
  | 151 | 153 | 155 |
  | December 13, 1974 | October 2, 1978 | July 20, 1982 |
  