Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on September 11, 1988.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. Annularity was visible in southeastern Somalia (including the capital city Mogadishu), the Indian Ocean and Macquarie Island of Australia.
Related eclipses === Eclipses of 1988 ===* A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3. * A total solar eclipse on March 18. * A partial lunar eclipse on August 27. * An annular solar eclipse on September 11.=== Solar eclipses of 1986–1989====== Saros 144 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736.It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565.There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980.The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.Series members 11–21 occur between 1901 and 2100:111213150pxJul 30, 1916150pxAug 10, 1934150pxAug 20, 1952141516150pxAug 31, 1970150pxSep 11, 1988150pxSep 22, 2006171819150pxOct 2, 2024150pxOct 14, 2042150pxOct 24, 20602021150pxNov 4, 2078150pxNov 15, 2096===Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxNovember 11, 1901(Saros 141)150pxOctober 21, 1930(Saros 142)150pxOctober 2, 1959(Saros 143)150pxSeptember 11, 1988(Saros 144)150pxAugust 21, 2017(Saros 145)150pxAugust 2, 2046(Saros 146)150pxJuly 13, 2075(Saros 147)=== Metonic series ===
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