Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995
Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | -0.3382 |
Magnitude | 0.9497 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 397 sec (6 m 37 s) |
Coordinates | 4°48′S 79°24′W / 4.8°S 79.4°W |
Max. width of band | 196 km (122 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 17:33:20 |
References | |
Saros | 138 (30 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9497 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 29, 1995. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1993-1996
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.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
118 | May 21, 1993![]() Partial |
123 | November 13, 1993![]() Partial | |
128 | May 10, 1994![]() Annular |
133 | November 3, 1994![]() Total | |
138 | April 29, 1995![]() Annular |
143![]() Totality at Dundlod, India | October 24, 1995![]() Total | |
148 | April 17, 1996![]() Partial |
153 | October 12, 1996![]() 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, progressing from north to south between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
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July 10-11 | April 29-30 | February 15-16 | December 4 | September 21-23 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
![]() July 11, 1953 |
![]() April 30, 1957 |
![]() February 15, 1961 |
![]() December 4, 1964 |
![]() September 22, 1968 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
![]() July 10, 1972 |
![]() April 29, 1976 |
![]() February 16, 1980 |
![]() December 4, 1983 |
![]() September 23, 1987 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
![]() July 11, 1991 |
![]() April 29, 1995 |
![]() February 16, 1999 |
![]() December 4, 2002 |
![]() September 22, 2006 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
![]() July 11, 2010 |
![]() April 29, 2014 |
![]() February 15, 2018 |
![]() December 4, 2021 |
![]() September 21, 2025 |
156 | ||||
![]() July 11, 2029 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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