Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988
| Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.4681 |
| Magnitude | 0.9377 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 417 sec (6 m 57 s) |
| Coordinates | 20°00′S 94°24′E / 20°S 94.4°E |
| Max. width of band | 258 km (160 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:44:29 |
| References | |
| Saros | 144 (15 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9483 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on September 11, 1988. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1986-1989
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 | |
| 119 |  April 9, 1986 Partial |
124 |  October 3, 1986 Hybrid | |
| 129 |  March 29, 1987 Hybrid |
134 |  September 23, 1987 Annular | |
| 139 |  March 18, 1988 Total |
144 | September 11, 1988 Annular | |
| 149 |  March 7, 1989 Partial |
154 |  August 31, 1989 Partial | |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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