Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, April 29, 1995,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] with a magnitude of 0.9497. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.5 days before apogee (on May 3, 1995, at 1:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[9]
Annularity was visible in Peru, southeastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia and Brazil. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, Mexico, Central America, Florida, the Caribbean, and West Africa.
Images
Observations
A team of NASA's Johnson Space Center observed the annular eclipse near Puinahua District in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The weather was clear and the observations were successful.[10]
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| April 15 Ascending node (full moon) |
April 29 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1995Apr15.png | File:SE1995Apr29A.png |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 112 |
Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 138 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1995
- A partial lunar eclipse on April 15.
- An annular solar eclipse on April 29.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8.
- A total solar eclipse on October 24.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1988
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1986
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 2004
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
Solar Saros 138
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 28, 1908
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082
Solar eclipses of 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.[11]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 118 | May 21, 1993 File:SE1993May21P.png Partial |
1.1372 | 123 | November 13, 1993 File:SE1993Nov13P.png Partial |
−1.0411 | |
| 128 File:Solar Eclipse 1994 (7160293094).jpg Partial in Bismarck, ND, USA |
May 10, 1994 File:SE1994May10A.png Annular |
0.4077 | 133 File:Diamond Ring, Total Solar Eclipse, Bolivia, 1994 (3183977692).jpg Totality in Bolivia |
November 3, 1994 File:SE1994Nov03T.png Total |
−0.3522 | |
| 138 | April 29, 1995 File:SE1995Apr29A.png Annular |
−0.3382 | 143 File:Hao WLCC 941103.jpg Totality in Dundlod, India |
October 24, 1995 File:SE1995Oct24T.png Total |
0.3518 | |
| 148 | April 17, 1996 File:SE1996Apr17P.png Partial |
−1.058 | 153 | October 12, 1996 File:SE1996Oct12P.png Partial |
1.1227 | |
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Saros 138
Template:Solar Saros series 138
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 descending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10–11 | April 29–30 | February 15–16 | December 4 | September 21–23 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
| File:SE1953Jul11P.png July 11, 1953 |
File:SE1957Apr30A.png April 30, 1957 |
File:SE1961Feb15T.png February 15, 1961 |
File:SE1964Dec04P.png December 4, 1964 |
File:SE1968Sep22T.png September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
| File:SE1972Jul10T.png July 10, 1972 |
File:SE1976Apr29A.png April 29, 1976 |
File:SE1980Feb16T.png February 16, 1980 |
File:SE1983Dec04A.png December 4, 1983 |
File:SE1987Sep23A.png September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
| File:SE1991Jul11T.png July 11, 1991 |
File:SE1995Apr29A.png April 29, 1995 |
File:SE1999Feb16A.png February 16, 1999 |
File:SE2002Dec04T.png December 4, 2002 |
File:SE2006Sep22A.png September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| File:SE2010Jul11T.png July 11, 2010 |
File:SE2014Apr29A.png April 29, 2014 |
File:SE2018Feb15P.png February 15, 2018 |
File:SE2021Dec04T.png December 4, 2021 |
File:SE2025Sep21P.png September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
| File:SE2029Jul11P.png July 11, 2029 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2006 March 29
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2024 April 8
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
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