Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994

Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.3522
Magnitude 1.0535
Maximum eclipse
Duration 263 sec (4 m 23 s)
Coordinates 35°24′S 34°12′W / 35.4°S 34.2°W / -35.4; -34.2
Max. width of band 189 km (117 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 13:40:06
References
Saros 133 (44 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9496

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.

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Solar eclipses 1993-1996

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993–1996
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118May 21, 1993

Partial
123November 13, 1993

Partial
128May 10, 1994

Annular
133November 3, 1994

Total
138April 29, 1995

Annular
143

Totality at Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995

Total
148April 17, 1996

Partial
153October 12, 1996

Partial

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, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850.[1] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration.

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).

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