Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 17, 1996. 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.
Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.058 |
Magnitude | 0.8799 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 71.3°S 104°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 22:38:12 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (20 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9499 |
Images
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1996
Solar eclipses 1993–1996
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1993–1996 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | 1993 May 21 Partial | 1.13720 | 123 | 1993 November 13 Partial | -1.04114 | |
128 | 1994 May 10 Annular | 0.40771 | 133 Totality at Bolivia | 1994 November 3 Total | -0.35216 | |
138 | 1995 April 29 Annular | -0.33821 | 143 Totality at Dundlod, India | 1995 October 24 Total | 0.35176 | |
148 | 1996 April 17 Partial | -1.05796 | 153 | 1996 October 12 Partial | 1.12265 |
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
September 12, 1931 |
June 30, 1935 |
April 19, 1939 |
February 4, 1943 |
November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
September 12, 1950 |
June 30, 1954 |
April 19, 1958 |
February 5, 1962 |
November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
September 11, 1969 |
June 30, 1973 |
April 18, 1977 |
February 4, 1981 |
November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
September 11, 1988 |
June 30, 1992 |
April 17, 1996 |
February 5, 2000 |
November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | 158 | 160 | 162 |
September 11, 2007 |
July 1, 2011 |
April 18, 2015 | February 4, 2019 | November 23, 2022 |
References
- van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.