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Annular solar eclipse

Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:06 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Aug 21
Type
Annular solar eclipse
Obscuration
95%
Distance to shadow axis
1,685 km
Greatest-eclipse point
3.0° S, 145.4° E
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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