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Annular solar eclipse

Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 05:21 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, Aug 22
Type
Annular solar eclipse
Obscuration
87%
Distance to shadow axis
6,143 km
Greatest-eclipse point
59.6° S, 108.5° W
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
Partial solar eclipse
September 1, 1997