Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0981 |
Magnitude | 0.8268 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°12′N 169°48′W / 61.2°N 169.8°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 18:08:41 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (19 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9484 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 7, 1989. 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 July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
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July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
![]() July 31, 1924 |
![]() May 19, 1928 |
![]() March 7, 1932 |
![]() December 25, 1935 |
![]() October 12, 1939 |
125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
![]() August 1, 1943 |
![]() May 20, 1947 |
![]() March 7, 1951 |
![]() December 25, 1954 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
![]() July 31, 1962 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() March 7, 1970 |
![]() December 24, 1973 |
![]() October 12, 1977 |
145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
![]() July 31, 1981 |
![]() May 19, 1985 |
![]() March 7, 1989 |
![]() December 24, 1992 |
![]() October 12, 1996 |
155 | ||||
![]() July 31, 2000 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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