| Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.3522 |
| Magnitude | 1.0535 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 4m 23s |
| Coordinates | 35.4S 34.2W |
| Max. width of band | 189 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:40:06 |
| References | |
| Saros | 133 (44 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9496 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on November 3, 1994. 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 | |
| 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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Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850.[1] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. Thus it is becoming increasingly irrelevant as the most populous continents are in the northern hemisphere. Each eclipse is heading closer towards Antarctica.
Series members 39-49 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
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September 9, 1904 |
September 21, 1922 |
October 1, 1940 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
October 12, 1958 |
October 23, 1976 |
November 3, 1994 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
November 13, 2012 |
November 25, 2030 |
December 5, 2048 |
| 48 | 49 | |
December 17, 2066 |
December 27, 2084 |
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 |
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| 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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