Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
| Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1616 |
| Magnitude | 0.6905 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72°00′N 159°36′E / 72°N 159.6°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:28:43 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (7 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9461 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 2, 1978. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1975-1978
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 118 |  May 11, 1975 Partial |
123 |  November 3, 1975 Partial | |
| 128 |  April 29, 1976 Annular |
133 |  October 23, 1976 Total | |
| 138 |  April 18, 1977 Annular |
143 |  October 12, 1977 Total | |
| 148 |  April 7, 1978 Partial |
153 | October 2, 1978 Partial | |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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