Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996

Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1227
Magnitude	0.7575
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	71°42′N 32°06′E / 71.7°N 32.1°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:03:04
References
Saros	153 (8 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9500

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 12, 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.

Images

A child viewing solar eclipse with smoked glass in western Poland

Animation

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1993-1996

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993–1996

Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
118	May 21, 1993 Partial		123	November 13, 1993 Partial
128	May 10, 1994 Annular		133	November 3, 1994 Total
138	April 29, 1995 Annular		143 Totality at Dundlod, India	October 24, 1995 Total
148	April 17, 1996 Partial		153	October 12, 1996 Partial

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).

21 eclipse events between July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000
July 31-Aug 1	May 19-20	March 7	December 24-25	October 12
115	117	119	121	123
July 31, 1924	May 19, 1928	March 7, 1932	December 25, 1935	October 12, 1939
125	127	129	131	133
August 1, 1943	May 20, 1947	March 7, 1951	December 25, 1954	October 12, 1958
135	137	139	141	143
July 31, 1962	May 20, 1966	March 7, 1970	December 24, 1973	October 12, 1977
145	147	149	151	153
July 31, 1981	May 19, 1985	March 7, 1989	December 24, 1992	October 12, 1996
155
July 31, 2000

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements