| Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2391 |
| Magnitude | 1.0441 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 4m 9s |
| Coordinates | 4.7N 82.7W |
| Max. width of band | 151 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:29:27 |
| References | |
| Saros | 130 (51 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9503 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on February 26, 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible 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 | |||
| 120 | March 9, 1997 Total |
125 | September 2, 1997 Partial |
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| 130 | February 26, 1998 Total |
135 | August 22, 1998 Annular |
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| 140 | February 16, 1999 Annular |
145 Totality France |
August 11, 1999 Total |
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| 150 | February 5, 2000 Partial |
155 | July 31, 2000 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 37 seconds on June 30, 1601.[1]
Series members 46-56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
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January 3, 1908 |
January 14, 1926 |
January 25, 1944 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
February 5, 1962 |
February 16, 1980 |
February 26, 1998 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
March 9, 2016 |
March 20, 2034 |
March 30, 2052 |
| 55 | 56 | |
April 11, 2070 |
April 21, 2088 |
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).
| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 22, 1971 |
May 11, 1975 |
February 26, 1979 |
December 15, 1982 |
October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 22, 1990 |
May 10, 1994 |
February 26, 1998 |
December 14, 2001 |
October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 22, 2009 |
May 10, 2013 |
February 26, 2017 |
December 14, 2020 |
October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 22, 2028 |
May 9, 2032 |
February 27, 2036 |
December 15, 2039 |
October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
July 22, 2047 |
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