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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Wednesday, August 22, 1979

Path of annularity

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The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
17:21:44 UTC59.6° S, 108.5° W
Obscuration
87%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Sep 2, 1997, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 1 country
  • Antarctica