Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985

Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
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Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.9795
Magnitude	1.0388
Maximum eclipse
Duration	119 sec (1 m 59 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	690 km (430 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:11:27
References
Saros	152 (11 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9477

A total solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1985. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It was visible only near Antarctica.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1982-1985

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1982-1985

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
117	June 21, 1982 Partial		122	December 15, 1982 Partial
127	June 11, 1983 Total		132	December 4, 1983 Annular
137	May 30, 1984 Annular		142	November 22, 1984 Total
147	May 19, 1985 Partial		152	150px November 12, 1985 Total

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements