Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Monday, October 2, 1978. 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. The eclipse is a part of the 153 saros cycle. Its the 7th eclipse of the saros cycle. The solar eclipse was visible in most of Asia Except northern Asia, Northeastern Europe, tiny northern part of Oceania, and tiny parts of Guam and other American islands

Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1616
Magnitude0.6905
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°N 159.6°E / 72; 159.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:28:43
References
Saros153 (7 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9461

Eclipses in 1978

Solar eclipses of 1975–1978

There were 8 solar eclipses (at 6 month intervals) between May 11, 1975 and October 2, 1978.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975–1978
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMapGamma SarosMapGamma
118
1975 May 11
Partial		1.06472 123
1975 November 3
Partial		−1.02475
128
1976 April 29
Annular		0.33783 133
1976 October 23
Total		−0.32699
138
1977 April 18
Annular		−0.39903 143
1977 October 12
Total		0.38363
148
1978 April 7
Partial		−1.10812 153
1978 October 2
Partial		1.16164

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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