Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986

Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
Map
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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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1986-1989

This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986-1989
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

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).

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
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

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