Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998

Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.2644
Magnitude 0.9734
Maximum eclipse
Duration 3m 14s
Coordinates 3S 145.4E
Max. width of band 99 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 2:07:11
References
Saros 135 (38 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9504

An annular solar eclipse occurred on August 22, 1998. 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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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1997-2000

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 1997–2000
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Saros Map
120 March 9, 1997

Total
125 September 2, 1997

Partial
130 February 26, 1998

Total
135 August 22, 1998

Annular
140 February 16, 1999

Annular
145

Totality France
August 11, 1999

Total
150 February 5, 2000

Partial
155 July 31, 2000

Partial
Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

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 20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036.

June 10-11 March 27-29 January 15-16 November 3 August 21-22
117 119 121 123 125

June 10, 1964

March 28, 1968

January 16, 1972

November 3, 1975

August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135

June 11, 1983

March 29, 1987

January 15, 1991

November 3, 1994

August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145

June 10, 2002

March 29, 2006

January 15, 2010

November 3, 2013

August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155

June 10, 2021

March 29, 2025

January 14, 2029

November 3, 2032

August 21, 2036

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