| Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1616 |
| Magnitude | 0.6905 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72N 159.6E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:28:43 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (7 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9461 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 2, 1978. 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 | |
| 118 | May 11, 1975 Partial |
123 | November 3, 1975 Partial |
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| 128 | April 29, 1976 Annular |
133 | October 23, 1976 Total |
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| 138 | April 18, 1977 Annular |
143 | October 12, 1977 Total |
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| 148 | April 7, 1978 Partial |
153 | October 2, 1978 Partial |
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