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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Saturday, April 29, 1995

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. 17:27UTCPiuraPeru
  2. 17:34UTCLojaEcuador
  3. 19:06UTCBelémBrazil
  4. 19:08UTCBragançaBrazil
  5. 19:12UTCSão LuísBrazil
  6. 19:14UTCParnaíbaBrazil
  7. 19:16UTCSobralBrazil
  8. 19:17UTCFortalezaBrazil

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
17:32:24 UTC4.9° S, 79.4° W
Obscuration
90%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Apr 18, 1977, one saros beforeMay 10, 2013, 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 4 countries and territories
  • Peru
  • Ecuador
  • Colombia
  • Brazil