Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on March 29, 1987. It was a hybrid eclipse, with only a small portion of the central path as total, lasting a maximum of only 7.57 seconds. 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. Totality of this eclipse was not visible on any land, while annularity was visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland.

Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma−0.3053
Magnitude1.0013
Maximum eclipse
Duration8 sec (0 m 8 s)
Coordinates12.3°S 2.3°W / -12.3; -2.3
Max. width of band5 km (3.1 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse12:49:47
References
Saros129 (50 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9480

Eclipses of 1987

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
SarosMapGamma SarosMapGamma
119
1986 April 9
Partial		−1.08215 124
1986 October 3
Hybrid		0.99305
129
1987 March 29
Hybrid		−0.30531 134
1987 September 23
Annular		0.27869
139
1988 March 18
Total		0.41879 144
1988 September 11
Annular		−0.46811
149
1989 March 7
Partial		1.09815 154
1989 August 31
Partial		−1.19279

Saros 129

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 . All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.[1]

Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
46 47 48

February 14, 1915
February 24, 1933
March 7, 1951
49 50 51

March 18, 1969
March 29, 1987
April 8, 2005
52 53 54

April 20, 2023
April 30, 2041
May 11, 2059
55 56

May 22, 2077
June 2, 2095

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, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036
June 10–11 March 27–29 January 15–16 November 3 August 21–22
117 119 121 123 125

June 10, 1964
March 28, 1968
January 16, 1972
November 3, 1975
August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135

June 11, 1983
March 29, 1987
January 15, 1991
November 3, 1994
August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145

June 10, 2002
March 29, 2006
January 15, 2010
November 3, 2013
August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155

June 10, 2021
March 29, 2025
January 14, 2029
November 3, 2032
August 21, 2036

Notes
  1. Espenak, F. "NASA Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References
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