Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983
| Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.4947 |
| Magnitude | 1.0524 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 311 sec (5 m 11 s) |
| Coordinates | 6°12′S 114°12′E / 6.2°S 114.2°E |
| Max. width of band | 199 km (124 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:43:33 |
| References | |
| Saros | 127 (56 of 82) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9472 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on June 11, 1983. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of totality went through the Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1982-1985
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.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 |  June 21, 1982 Partial |
122 |  December 15, 1982 Partial | |
| 127 | June 11, 1983 Total |
132 |  December 4, 1983 Annular | |
| 137 |  May 30, 1984 Annular |
142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ |  November 22, 1984 Total | |
| 147 |  May 19, 1985 Partial |
152 |  November 12, 1985 Total | |
Saros 127
It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532.[1]
| Series members 52–62 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
 April 28, 1911 |
 May 9, 1929 |
 May 20, 1947 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
 May 30, 1965 |
June 11, 1983 |
 June 21, 2001 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
 July 2, 2019 |
 July 13, 2037 |
 July 24, 2055 |
| 61 | 62 | |
 August 3, 2073 |
 August 15, 2091 | |
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).
| 21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
| 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 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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