Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986

Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
Map
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 / -61.2; 161.4
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.

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986-1989
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
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).

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