| Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.0822 |
| Magnitude | 0.8236 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61.2S 161.4E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:21:22 |
| References | |
| Saros | 119 (64 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9478 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 9, 1986. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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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 | |
| 119 | April 9, 1986 Partial |
124 | October 3, 1986 Hybrid |
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| 129 | March 29, 1987 Hybrid |
134 | September 23, 1987 Annular |
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| 139 | March 18, 1988 Total |
144 | September 11, 1988 Annular |
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| 149 | March 7, 1989 Partial |
154 | August 31, 1989 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 June 21, 1982 and June 21, 2058.
| June 21 | April 8-9 | January 26 | November 13-14 | September 1-2 |
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| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
June 21, 1982 |
April 9, 1986 |
January 26, 1990 |
November 13, 1993 |
September 2, 1997 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
June 21, 2001 |
April 8, 2005 |
January 26, 2009 |
November 13, 2012 |
September 1, 2016 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
June 21, 2020 |
April 8, 2024 |
January 26, 2028 |
November 14, 2031 |
September 2, 2035 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
June 21, 2039 |
April 9, 2043 |
January 26, 2047 |
November 14, 2050 |
September 2, 2054 |
| 157 | ||||
June 21, 2058 |
