Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | -0.9795 |
Magnitude | 1.0388 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 119 sec (1 m 59 s) |
Coordinates | 68°36′S142°36′W / 68.6°S 142.6°W |
Max. width of band | 690 km (430 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:11:27 |
References | |
Saros | 152 (11 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9477 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1985. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It was visible only near Antarctica.
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]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1982–1985 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | 1982 June 21 Partial | -1.21017 | 122 | 1982 December 15 Partial | 1.12928 | |
127 | 1983 June 11 Total | -0.49475 | 132 | 1983 December 4 Annular | 0.40150 | |
137 | 1984 May 30 Annular | 0.27552 | 142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ | 1984 November 22 Total | -0.31318 | |
147 | 1985 May 19 Partial | 1.07197 | 152 | 1985 November 12 Total | -0.97948 |
Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds. [2]
Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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7 | 8 | 9 |
September 30, 1913 | October 11, 1931 | October 21, 1949 |
10 | 11 | 12 |
November 2, 1967 | November 12, 1985 | November 23, 2003 |
13 | 14 | 15 |
December 4, 2021 | December 15, 2039 | December 26, 2057 |
16 | 17 | |
January 6, 2076 | January 16, 2094 |
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).
22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989: | ||||
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April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
108 | 114 | 116 | ||
April 8, 1902 | August 31, 1913 | June 19, 1917 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
April 8, 1921 | January 24, 1925 | November 12, 1928 | August 31, 1932 | June 19, 1936 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
April 7, 1940 | January 25, 1944 | November 12, 1947 | September 1, 1951 | June 20, 1955 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
April 8, 1959 | January 25, 1963 | November 12, 1966 | August 31, 1970 | June 20, 1974 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
April 7, 1978 | January 25, 1982 | November 12, 1985 | August 31, 1989 |
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