Skip to content

Eclipses

Total solar eclipse

Friday, October 3, 1986

Path of totality

Click anywhere on the map for that spot's times.

Loading map…

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
19:05:18 UTC59.9° N, 37.1° W
Obscuration
100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Oct 14, 2004, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.