Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994

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. Totality was visible in Peru, northern Chile, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay including the northeastern part of its capital Asunción, Brazil and Gough Island of British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Iguazu Falls, one of the largest waterfalls systems in the world, also lies in the path of totality. Totality lasted about 4.4 minutes, so it was a relatively long total solar eclipse. Occurring only 10 hours and 2 minutes before perigee (Perigee on November 3, 1994 at 23:41 UTC, while greatest eclipse at 13:39 UTC), the moon's apparent diameter was too larger.

Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma-0.3522
Magnitude1.0535
Maximum eclipse
Duration263 sec (4 m 23 s)
Coordinates35.4°S 34.2°W / -35.4; -34.2
Max. width of band189 km (117 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:40:06
References
Saros133 (44 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9496

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More details about the Total Solar Eclipse of 1994 November 3.

Eclipse Magnitude: 1.05351

Eclipse Obscuration: 1.10989

Gamma: -0.35216

Greatest Eclipse: 1994 November 03 at 13:39:05.4 UTC

Location of Greatest Eclipse: 35º21'22" S, 34º13'21" W, South Atlantic Ocean, 1,586 km (985.5 mi) off the coast of Brazil

Duration of Totality: 4 minutes, 23.28 seconds (263.28 seconds)

Sun Right Ascension: 14.57

Sun Declination: -15.1

Sun Diameter: 1934.8 arc-seconds

Moon Right Ascension: 14.56

Moon Declination: -15.4

Moon Diameter: 2006.0 arc-seconds

Saros Series: 133rd (44 of 72)

Eclipses of 1994

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]

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.

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

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.

References
  1. 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.
  2. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros133.html

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