Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Wednesday, August 22, 1979.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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 953 km wide at maximum, and lasted 6 minutes and 3 seconds. This was the second solar eclipse in 1979, the first one a total solar eclipse on February 26.This was the last of 40 umbral eclipses of Solar Saros 125.The first was in 1276 and the last was in 1979.The total duration is 703 years.
Related eclipses === Eclipses in 1979 ===* A total solar eclipse on Monday, 26 February 1979. * A partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 13 March 1979. * An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 22 August 1979. * A total lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 September 1979.=== Solar eclipses 1979–1982 ===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. Solar eclipse series sets from 1979 to 1982Descending node Ascending nodeSarosMapSarosMap120150px1979 February 26Total125150px1979 August 22Annular130150px1980 February 16Total135150px1980 August 10Annular140150px1981 February 4Annular145150px1981 July 31Total150150px1982 January 25Partial155150px1982 July 20PartialPartial solar eclipses on June 21, 1982 and December 15, 1982 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.=== Saros 125 ====== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxMarch 29, 1903(Saros 118)150pxFebruary 25, 1914(Saros 119)150pxJanuary 24, 1925(Saros 120)150pxDecember 25, 1935(Saros 121)150pxNovember 23, 1946(Saros 122)150pxOctober 23, 1957(Saros 123)150pxSeptember 22, 1968(Saros 124)150pxAugust 22, 1979(Saros 125)150pxJuly 22, 1990(Saros 126)150pxJune 21, 2001(Saros 127)150pxMay 20, 2012(Saros 128)150pxApril 20, 2023(Saros 129)150pxMarch 20, 2034(Saros 130)150pxFebruary 16, 2045(Saros 131)150pxJanuary 16, 2056(Saros 132)150pxDecember 17, 2066(Saros 133)150pxNovember 15, 2077(Saros 134)150pxOctober 14, 2088(Saros 135)150pxSeptember 14, 2099(Saros 136)=== Metonic series ===
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