Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989

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°12′N 169°48′W / 61.2°N 169.8°W / 61.2; -169.8
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 partly 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.

Solar eclipses of 1986-1989

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

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).

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