Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996

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Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma -1.058
Magnitude 0.8799
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 71°18′S104°00′W / 71.3°S 104°W / -71.3; -104
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse22:38:12
References
Saros 148 (20 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9499

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.

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The exact time of the greatest eclipse took place on Wednesday, April 17, 1996, at 10:37:10.3 p.m. UTC, but occurring only 6.8 days after perigee (Perigee on Thursday, April 11, 1996, at 02:47 a.m. UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was 0.9% smaller than average, and the Moon's distance from the Earth was 383,237 km (238,132 mi).

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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
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 1993 May 21
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Partial
1.13720123 1993 November 13
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Partial
-1.04114
128
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Partial from Bismarck, ND
1994 May 10
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Annular
0.40771133
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Totality at Bolivia
1994 November 3
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Total
-0.35216
138 1995 April 29
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Annular
-0.33821143
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Totality at Dundlod, India
1995 October 24
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Total
0.35176
148 1996 April 17
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Partial
-1.05796153 1996 October 12
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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.
September 11-12June 30-July 1April 17-19February 4-5November 22-23
114116118120122
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September 12, 1931
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June 30, 1935
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April 19, 1939
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February 4, 1943
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November 23, 1946
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September 12, 1950
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June 30, 1954
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April 19, 1958
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February 5, 1962
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November 23, 1965
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September 11, 1969
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June 30, 1973
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April 18, 1977
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February 4, 1981
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November 22, 1984
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September 11, 1988
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June 30, 1992
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April 17, 1996
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February 5, 2000
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November 23, 2003
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September 11, 2007
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July 1, 2011

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References

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