Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995

Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995

Corona during total solar eclipse by Fred Espenak from Dundlod, India
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.3518
Magnitude 1.0213
Maximum eclipse
Duration 130 sec (2 m 10 s)
Coordinates 8°24′N 113°12′E / 8.4°N 113.2°E / 8.4; 113.2
Max. width of band 78 km (48 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 4:33:30
References
Saros 143 (22 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9498

A total solar eclipse occurred on October 24, 1995. 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. The path of totality went through the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia.

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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
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118May 21, 1993

Partial
123November 13, 1993

Partial
128May 10, 1994

Annular
133November 3, 1994

Total
138April 29, 1995

Annular
143

Totality at Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995

Total
148April 17, 1996

Partial
153October 12, 1996

Partial

Solar 143

It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.[1]

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).

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