Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
# Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Monday, November 3, 1975. 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

### Eclipses in 1975

* A partial solar eclipse on Sunday, 11 May 1975.
* A total lunar eclipse on Sunday, 25 May 1975.
* A partial solar eclipse on Monday, 3 November 1975.
* A total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 18 November 1975.

### Solar eclipses of 1975–1978

There were 8 solar eclipses (at 6 month intervals) between May 11, 1975 and October 2, 1978.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975–1978 :

| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 118 | 1975 May 11 Partial | 1.06472 | 123 | 1975 November 3 Partial | -1.02475 |
| 128 | 1976 April 29 Annular | 0.33783 | 133 | 1976 October 23 Total | -0.32699 |
| 138 | 1977 April 18 Annular | -0.39903 | 143 | 1977 October 12 Total | 0.38363 |
| 148 | 1978 April 7 Partial | -1.10812 | 153 | 1978 October 2 Partial | 1.16164 |

### 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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036 :

| June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| June 10, 1964 | March 28, 1968 | January 16, 1972 | November 3, 1975 | August 22, 1979 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| June 11, 1983 | March 29, 1987 | January 15, 1991 | November 3, 1994 | August 22, 1998 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| June 10, 2002 | March 29, 2006 | January 15, 2010 | November 3, 2013 | August 21, 2017 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| June 10, 2021 | March 29, 2025 | January 14, 2029 | November 3, 2032 | August 21, 2036 |
