Solar eclipse of October 23, 1976

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Solar eclipse of October 23, 1976
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma -0.327
Magnitude 1.0572
Maximum eclipse
Duration286 sec (4 m 46 s)
Coordinates 30°00′S92°18′E / 30°S 92.3°E / -30; 92.3
Max. width of band199 km (124 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:13:45
References
Saros 133 (43 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9457

A total solar eclipse occurred on October 23, 1976. 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. This total solar eclipse began at sunrise in Tanzania near the border with Burundi, with the path of totality passing just north of the large Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. It then crossed the Indian Ocean, passing St. Pierre Island, Providence Atoll and Farquhar Atoll of Seychelles before making landfall in southeastern Australia. The largest city that saw totality was Melbourne. After leaving the Australian mainland, the path of totality left the Earth's surface just north of the north island of New Zealand.

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Eclipses in 1976

Solar eclipses of 1975–1978

There were 8 solar eclipses (at 6 month intervals) between May 11, 1975 and October 2, 1978.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975–1978
Descending node Ascending node
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1975 May 11
Partial
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1975 November 3
Partial
-1.02475
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1976 April 29
Annular
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1976 October 23
Total
-0.32699
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1977 April 18
Annular
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1977 October 12
Total
0.38363
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1978 April 7
Partial
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1978 October 2
Partial
1.16164

Saros 133

Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 49.97 seconds on August 7, 1850. [1] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 30–56 occur between 1742 and 2211
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June 24, 1778
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July 4, 1796 July 17, 1814 July 27, 1832
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August 18, 1868
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August 29, 1886
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September 9, 1904
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September 21, 1922
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October 1, 1940
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October 12, 1958
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October 23, 1976
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November 3, 1994
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November 13, 2012
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November 25, 2030
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December 5, 2048
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December 17, 2066
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December 27, 2084
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January 8, 2103
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January 19, 2121
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January 30, 2139
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February 9, 2157
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February 21, 2175
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March 3, 2193
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March 15, 2211

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 January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5October 23-24August 10-12May 30-31March 18-19
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January 5, 1935
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August 12, 1942
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May 30, 1946
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March 18, 1950
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January 5, 1954
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October 23, 1957
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August 11, 1961
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May 30, 1965
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March 18, 1969
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January 4, 1973
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October 23, 1976
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August 10, 1980
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May 30, 1984
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March 18, 1988
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January 4, 1992
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October 24, 1995
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August 11, 1999
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May 31, 2003
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August 11, 2018

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