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 | 
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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