Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of the orbit on Thursday, February 26, 1998. 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. Totality was visible in the Galápagos Islands, Panama, Colombia, the Paraguaná Peninsula in northwestern Venezuela, all of Aruba, most of Curaçao and the northwestern tip of Bonaire (belonging to Netherlands Antilles which dissolved later), all of Montserrat, Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda.
Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.2391 |
Magnitude | 1.0441 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 249 s (4 min 9 s) |
Coordinates | 4.7°N 82.7°W / 4.7; -82.7 |
Max. width of band | 151 km (94 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 17:29:27 |
References | |
Saros | 130 (51 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9503 |