Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995

Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.3382
Magnitude 0.9497
Maximum eclipse
Duration 397 sec (6 m 37 s)
Coordinates 4°48′S 79°24′W / 4.8°S 79.4°W / -4.8; -79.4
Max. width of band 196 km (122 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 17:33:20
References
Saros 138 (30 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9497

An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 29, 1995. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

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Solar eclipses 1993-1996

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993–1996
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118May 21, 1993

Partial
123November 13, 1993

Partial
128May 10, 1994

Annular
133November 3, 1994

Total
138April 29, 1995

Annular
143

Totality at Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995

Total
148April 17, 1996

Partial
153October 12, 1996

Partial

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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