Total solar eclipse
Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:45 AM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later →
Total solar eclipse
August 11, 1999
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Peak (UTC)
Thursday, Jul 30
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
3,695 km
Greatest-eclipse point
53.3° N, 134.1° E
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.