Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996

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Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.1227
Magnitude 0.7575
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 71°42′N32°06′E / 71.7°N 32.1°E / 71.7; 32.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:03:04
References
Saros 153 (8 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9500

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 12, 1996, [1] with a magnitude of 0.7575. 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.

Contents

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Images

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A child viewing solar eclipse with smoked glass in western Poland
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Animation

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [2]

October 12, 1996 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1996 October 12 at 12:00:31.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1996 October 12 at 13:24:53.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1996 October 12 at 14:03:04.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1996 October 12 at 14:15:28.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1996 October 12 at 16:05:49.4 UTC
October 12, 1996 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.75753
Eclipse Obscuration0.68285
Gamma1.12265
Sun Right Ascension13h12m04.5s
Sun Declination-07°38'15.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'01.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension13h13m17.1s
Moon Declination-06°38'00.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'18.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'09.5"
ΔT62.1 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of September–October 1996
September 27
Descending node (full moon)
October 12
Ascending node (new moon)
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Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 127
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 153

Eclipses in 1996

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 153

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 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. [3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 May 21, 1993
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Partial
1.1372123 November 13, 1993
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Partial
−1.0411
128
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Partial in Bismarck, ND, USA
May 10, 1994
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Annular
0.4077133
Diamond Ring, Total Solar Eclipse, Bolivia, 1994 (3183977692).jpg
Totality in Bolivia
November 3, 1994
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Total
−0.3522
138 April 29, 1995
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Annular
−0.3382143
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Totality in Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995
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Total
0.3518
148 April 17, 1996
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Partial
−1.058153 October 12, 1996
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Partial
1.1227

Saros 153

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 153, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 28, 1870. It contains annular eclipses from December 17, 2104 through May 26, 2970. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 38 at 7 minutes, 1 seconds on September 5, 2537. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 1–19 occur between 1870 and 2200:
123
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July 28, 1870
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August 7, 1888
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August 20, 1906
456
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August 30, 1924
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September 10, 1942
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September 20, 1960
789
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October 2, 1978
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October 12, 1996
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October 23, 2014
101112
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November 3, 2032
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November 14, 2050
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November 24, 2068
131415
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December 6, 2086
Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104
Saros153 15van70 SE2122Dec28A.jpg
December 28, 2122
161718
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January 8, 2141
Saros153 17van70 SE2159Jan19A.jpg
January 19, 2159
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January 29, 2177
19
Saros153 19van70 SE2195Feb10A.jpg
February 10, 2195

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000
December 24–25October 12July 31–August 1May 19–20March 7
111113115117119
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December 24, 1916
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July 31, 1924
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May 19, 1928
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March 7, 1932
121123125127129
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December 25, 1935
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October 12, 1939
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August 1, 1943
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May 20, 1947
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March 7, 1951
131133135137139
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December 25, 1954
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October 12, 1958
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July 31, 1962
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May 20, 1966
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March 7, 1970
141143145147149
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December 24, 1973
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October 12, 1977
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July 31, 1981
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May 19, 1985
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March 7, 1989
151153155
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December 24, 1992
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October 12, 1996
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July 31, 2000

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipse on November 4, 2116 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2029
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March 24, 1811
(Saros 136)
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February 21, 1822
(Saros 137)
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January 20, 1833
(Saros 138)
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December 21, 1843
(Saros 139)
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November 20, 1854
(Saros 140)
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October 19, 1865
(Saros 141)
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September 17, 1876
(Saros 142)
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August 19, 1887
(Saros 143)
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July 18, 1898
(Saros 144)
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June 17, 1909
(Saros 145)
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May 18, 1920
(Saros 146)
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April 18, 1931
(Saros 147)
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March 16, 1942
(Saros 148)
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February 14, 1953
(Saros 149)
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January 14, 1964
(Saros 150)
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December 13, 1974
(Saros 151)
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November 12, 1985
(Saros 152)
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October 12, 1996
(Saros 153)
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September 11, 2007
(Saros 154)
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August 11, 2018
(Saros 155)
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July 11, 2029
(Saros 156)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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February 11, 1823
(Saros 147)
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January 21, 1852
(Saros 148)
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December 31, 1880
(Saros 149)
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December 12, 1909
(Saros 150)
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November 21, 1938
(Saros 151)
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November 2, 1967
(Saros 152)
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October 12, 1996
(Saros 153)
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September 21, 2025
(Saros 154)
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September 2, 2054
(Saros 155)
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August 13, 2083
(Saros 156)
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July 23, 2112
(Saros 157)
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July 3, 2141
(Saros 158)
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June 14, 2170
(Saros 159)
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May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

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