Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994
Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994 | |
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![]() Totality with diamond ring effect in Litoral Province, Bolivia | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.3522 |
Magnitude | 1.0535 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 263 s (4 min 23 s) |
Coordinates | 35°24′S 34°12′W / 35.4°S 34.2°W |
Max. width of band | 189 km (117 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 13:40:06 |
References | |
Saros | 133 (44 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9496 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on November 3, 1994. 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.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1993-1996
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | 1993 May 21![]() Partial |
1.13720 | 123 | 1993 November 13![]() Partial |
−1.04114 | |
128![]() Partial from Bismarck, ND |
1994 May 10![]() Annular |
0.40771 | 133![]() Totality at Bolivia |
1994 November 3![]() Total |
−0.35216 | |
138 | 1995 April 29![]() Annular |
−0.33821 | 143![]() Totality at Dundlod, India |
1995 October 24![]() Total |
0.35176 | |
148 | 1996 April 17![]() Partial |
−1.05796 | 153 | 1996 October 12![]() Partial |
1.12265 |
Saros 133
Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 49.97 seconds on August 7, 1850.[2] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.
Series members 30–56 occur between 1742 and 2211 | ||
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30 | 31 | 32 |
June 3, 1742 | June 13, 1760 | ![]() June 24, 1778 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
July 4, 1796 | July 17, 1814 | July 27, 1832 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
August 7, 1850 | ![]() August 18, 1868 |
![]() August 29, 1886 |
39 | 40 | 41 |
![]() September 9, 1904 |
![]() September 21, 1922 |
![]() October 1, 1940 |
42 | 43 | 44 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
![]() October 23, 1976 |
![]() November 3, 1994 |
45 | 46 | 47 |
![]() November 13, 2012 |
![]() November 25, 2030 |
![]() December 5, 2048 |
48 | 49 | 50 |
![]() December 17, 2066 |
![]() December 27, 2084 |
![]() January 8, 2103 |
51 | 52 | 53 |
![]() January 19, 2121 |
![]() January 30, 2139 |
![]() February 9, 2157 |
54 | 55 | 56 |
![]() February 21, 2175 |
![]() March 3, 2193 |
![]() March 15, 2211 |
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036 | ||||
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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 |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros133.html
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
- Chile and Brazil, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site
- Bolivia, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site
- ON THE STRUCTURE OF 3.11.94 ECLIPSE CORONA
- Solar Corona Shape
- The 1994 Eclipse in Chile
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