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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Wednesday, September 23, 1987

Path of annularity

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Cities along the path

Cities along the path

Time of maximum in UTC, to the minute: when the centre of the shadow passes nearest.

  1. 01:21UTCSalvadorBrazil
  2. 01:21UTCLubumbashiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
  3. 01:25UTCÜrümqiChina
  4. 01:46UTCLüliangChina
  5. 01:47UTCTaiyuanChina
  6. 02:00UTCHuai'anChina
  7. 02:07UTCShanghaiChina
  8. 05:02UTCLimaPeru

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
03:11:25 UTC14.3° N, 138.4° E
Obscuration
93%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Oct 3, 2005, 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 9 countries and territories
  • Kazakhstan
  • People's Republic of China
  • Mongolia
  • Japan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands
  • Fiji
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Samoa