Which solar eclipse could be seen from cleveland ohio in the 1970's?

Question by starbrite74♥♥: Which solar eclipse could be seen from cleveland ohio in the 1970's?
I was a little girl and only remember walking outside in the afternoon to see part of the eclipse which lasted for only a few minutes. Does anyone know which eclipse it could be? Somewhere between 1973 and 1979? I would love to learn more about it now that I'm an adult.
Thanks to anyone who answers honestly.
Wow! Thank you so much! I didn't expect such a complete answer so quickly! :-)


Best answer:
Answer by lavalamp3773There were two eclipses between those years which would have been viewable from Cleveland, one in December 1974 and one in February 1979.

The one in '74 was a partial solar eclipse, and would not have passed directly overhead Cleveland, it is likely that from there only a small part of the sun would have been covered, perhaps not even enough to notice.

The one in '79 was a total solar eclipse, and again it did not pass directly overhead Cleveland, so only part of the sun would have been covered up, but it would have been a greater part.

Also, there was a total solar eclipse in March 1970 that passed quite close by, in Cleveland a large proportion of the sun would be covered up, that would be very noticeable. Here is the route for that:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1970Mar07T.GIF

And here is the December '74:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1974Dec13P.GIF

And the February '79:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1979Feb26T.GIF

Here is NASAs eclipse page, you can view details on all eclipses with in the 100 year range 1951 - 2050:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html

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The February 26, 1979 total solar eclipse story as reported on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

Total Solar Eclipse | Solar Eclipse Information