Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.0822 |
Magnitude | 0.8236 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°12′S 161°24′E / 61.2°S 161.4°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:21:22 |
References | |
Saros | 119 (64 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9478 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 9, 1986. 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 1986-1989
Each member 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.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
119 | ![]() April 9, 1986 Partial |
124 | ![]() October 3, 1986 Hybrid | |
129 | ![]() March 29, 1987 Hybrid |
134 | ![]() September 23, 1987 Annular | |
139 | ![]() March 18, 1988 Total |
144 | ![]() September 11, 1988 Annular | |
149 | ![]() March 7, 1989 Partial |
154 | ![]() August 31, 1989 Partial |
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).
21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058 | ||||
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June 21 | April 8-9 | January 26 | November 13-14 | September 1-2 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
![]() June 21, 1982 |
![]() April 9, 1986 |
![]() January 26, 1990 |
![]() November 13, 1993 |
![]() September 2, 1997 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
![]() June 21, 2001 |
![]() April 8, 2005 |
![]() January 26, 2009 |
![]() November 13, 2012 |
![]() September 1, 2016 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
![]() June 21, 2020 |
![]() April 8, 2024 |
![]() January 26, 2028 |
![]() November 14, 2031 |
![]() September 2, 2035 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
![]() June 21, 2039 |
![]() April 9, 2043 |
![]() January 26, 2047 |
![]() November 14, 2050 |
![]() September 2, 2054 |
157 | ||||
![]() June 21, 2058 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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