Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986

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Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma 0.9931
Magnitude 1
Maximum eclipse
Duration0 sec (0 m 0 s)
Coordinates 59°54′N37°06′W / 59.9°N 37.1°W / 59.9; -37.1
Max. width of band1 km (0.62 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:06:15
References
Saros 124 (53 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9479

A hybrid solar eclipse occurred on October 3, 1986. A hybrid eclipse starts and ends as an annular, but is total in the middle around the point of greatest eclipse. Totality occurred for a very short time (calculated at 0.08 seconds) in an area in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of the southern tip of Greenland. The path, on the surface of the Earth, was a narrow, tapered, horse-shoe, and visible only from a thin strip between Iceland and Greenland. At maximum eclipse the solar elevation was about 6°. The path width was just about 800 meters wide.

Contents

This eclipse was the last central eclipse of saros 124 and the only hybrid eclipse of that saros.

The eclipse resulted in litigation involving a Florida fourth grader whose eyes were allegedly damaged when he viewed the eclipse on school grounds. A lower court had dismissed the case on the grounds that the school had no duty to supervise the child after school hours. But the Florida Court of Appeals ruled in 1994 that the jury instruction on that question was improper, and remanded the case. [1]

Solar Saros 124

This is the eclipse number 53 of Solar Saros 124.

Saros cycle 124, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211 through September 22, 1968 with one hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 46 seconds on May 3, 1734.

Eclipse date: 3 October 1986

Saros length: 1298 years

Saros duration past: 937 years

Eclipses of 1986

Solar eclipses of 1986–1989

There were 8 solar eclipses between April 9, 1986 and August 31, 1989.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986–1989
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 SE1986Apr09P.png
1986 April 9
Partial
−1.08215124 SE1986Oct03H.png
1986 October 3
Hybrid
0.99305
129 SE1987Mar29H.png
1987 March 29
Hybrid
−0.30531134 SE1987Sep23A.png
1987 September 23
Annular
0.27869
139 SE1988Mar18T.png
1988 March 18
Total
0.41879144 SE1988Sep11A.png
1988 September 11
Annular
−0.46811
149 SE1989Mar07P.png
1989 March 7
Partial
1.09815154 SE1989Aug31P.png
1989 August 31
Partial
−1.19279

Saros 124

Solar saros 124, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211, to September 22, 1968, and a hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest total eclipse occurred on May 3, 1734, at 5 minutes and 46 seconds. [2]

Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100:
434445
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June 16, 1806
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June 26, 1824
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July 8, 1842
464748
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July 18, 1860
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July 29, 1878
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August 9, 1896
495051
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August 21, 1914
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August 31, 1932
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September 12, 1950
525354
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September 22, 1968
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October 3, 1986
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October 14, 2004
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October 25, 2022
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November 4, 2040
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November 16, 2058
5859
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November 26, 2076
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December 7, 2094

Metonic cycle

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.

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22May 9–11February 26–27December 14–15October 2–3
116118120122124
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July 22, 1971
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May 11, 1975
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February 26, 1979
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December 15, 1982
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October 3, 1986
126128130132134
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July 22, 1990
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May 10, 1994
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February 26, 1998
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December 14, 2001
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October 3, 2005
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July 22, 2009
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May 10, 2013
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February 26, 2017
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December 14, 2020
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October 2, 2024
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July 22, 2028
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May 9, 2032
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February 27, 2036
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December 15, 2039
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October 3, 2043
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July 22, 2047

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References

  1. Florida Court Reinstates Lawsuit Alleging Eye Damage from Eclipse https://myeclipseglasses.com/litigation.html retrieved 2 Mar. 2023.
  2. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.