| Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0981 |
| Magnitude | 0.8268 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61.2N 169.8W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:08:41 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (19 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9484 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 7, 1989. 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 | |
| 119 | April 9, 1986 Partial |
124 | October 3, 1986 Hybrid |
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| 129 | March 29, 1987 Hybrid |
134 | September 23, 1987 Annular |
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| 139 | March 18, 1988 Total |
144 | September 11, 1988 Annular |
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| 149 | March 7, 1989 Partial |
154 | August 31, 1989 Partial |
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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 July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
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| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
July 31, 1924 |
May 19, 1928 |
March 7, 1932 |
December 25, 1935 |
October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
August 1, 1943 |
May 20, 1947 |
March 7, 1951 |
December 25, 1954 |
October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
July 31, 1962 |
May 20, 1966 |
March 7, 1970 |
December 24, 1973 |
October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
March 7, 1989 |
December 24, 1992 |
October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
July 31, 2000 |
