Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985

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Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.9795
Magnitude1.0388
Maximum eclipse
Duration119 s (1 min 59 s)
Coordinates68°36′S 142°36′W / 68.6°S 142.6°W / -68.6; -142.6
Max. width of band690 km (430 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:11:27
References
Saros152 (11 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9477

A total solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1985. 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. It was visible only near Antarctica.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1985

Solar eclipses of 1982–1985

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1982 to 1985
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117
1982 June 21
Partial
−1.21017 122
1982 December 15
Partial
1.12928
127
1983 June 11
Total
−0.49475 132
1983 December 4
Annular
0.40150
137
1984 May 30
Annular
0.27552 142

Partial from Gisborne, NZ

1984 November 22
Total
−0.31318
147
1985 May 19
Partial
1.07197 152
1985 November 12
Total
−0.97948

Saros 152

Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.[2]

Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100:
7 8 9

September 30, 1913

October 11, 1931

October 21, 1949
10 11 12

November 2, 1967

November 12, 1985

November 23, 2003
13 14 15

December 4, 2021

December 15, 2039

December 26, 2057
16 17

January 6, 2076

January 16, 2094

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).

Notes

  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. ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

References