Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986

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Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma -1.0822
Magnitude 0.8236
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°12′S161°24′E / 61.2°S 161.4°E / -61.2; 161.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:21:22
References
Saros 119 (64 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9478

A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 9, 1986. 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.

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Eclipses of 1986

Solar eclipses of 1986–1989

There were 8 solar eclipses between April 9, 1986 and August 31, 1989.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986–1989
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
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1986 April 9
Partial
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1986 October 3
Hybrid
0.99305
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1987 March 29
Hybrid
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1987 September 23
Annular
0.27869
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1988 March 18
Total
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1988 September 11
Annular
-0.46811
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1989 March 7
Partial
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1989 August 31
Partial
-1.19279

Saros 119

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

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 between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21April 8–9January 26November 13–14September 1–2
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June 21, 1963April 9, 1967January 26, 1971November 14, 1974September 2, 1978
117119121123125
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June 21, 1982
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April 9, 1986
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January 26, 1990
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November 13, 1993
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September 2, 1997
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June 21, 2001
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April 8, 2005
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January 26, 2009
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November 13, 2012
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September 1, 2016
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June 21, 2020
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April 8, 2024
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January 26, 2028
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November 14, 2031
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September 2, 2035
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June 21, 2039
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April 9, 2043
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January 26, 2047
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November 14, 2050
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September 2, 2054
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June 21, 2058

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