Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 12, 1996. 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 eclipse of October 12, 1996
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1227
Magnitude0.7575
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71.7°N 32.1°E / 71.7; 32.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:03:04
References
Saros153 (8 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9500

Images
A child viewing solar eclipse with smoked glass in western Poland
Animation

Eclipses of 1996

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]

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.
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