| Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.3382 |
| Magnitude | 0.9497 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 6m 37s |
| Coordinates | 4.8S 79.4W |
| Max. width of band | 196 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:33:20 |
| References | |
| Saros | 138 (30 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9497 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 29, 1995. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 118 | May 21, 1993 Partial |
123 | November 13, 1993 Partial |
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| 128 | May 10, 1994 Annular |
133 | November 3, 1994 Total |
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| 138 | April 29, 1995 Annular |
143 Totality at Dundlod, India |
October 24, 1995 Total |
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| 148 | April 17, 1996 Partial |
153 | October 12, 1996 Partial |
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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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029.
| July 10-11 | April 29-30 | February 15-16 | December 4 | September 21-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 11, 1953 |
April 30, 1957 |
February 15, 1961 |
December 4, 1964 |
September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 10, 1972 |
April 29, 1976 |
February 16, 1980 |
December 4, 1983 |
September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 11, 1991 |
April 29, 1995 |
February 16, 1999 |
December 4, 2002 |
September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 11, 2010 |
April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
December 4, 2021 |
September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
July 11, 2029 |
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