An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, April 29, 1995, with a magnitude of 0.9497. 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. Occurring about 3.5 days before apogee (on May 3, 1995, at 1:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible in Peru, southeastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia and Brazil. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, Mexico, Central America, Florida, the Caribbean, and West Africa.
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Observations A team of NASA's Johnson Space Center observed the annular eclipse near Puinahua District in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The weather was clear and the observations were successful.
Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of April 29, 1995(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Piura 10:26:48 12:24:07 12:27:17 12:30:27 14:31:56 6:20 4:05 90.34% Loja 10:32:09 12:32:19 12:34:20 12:36:21 14:37:40 4:02 4:06 90.35% São Gabriel da Cachoeira 12:16:26 14:21:41 14:22:22 14:23:03 16:09:12 1:22 3:53 90.03% Belém 14:22:07 16:03:15 16:05:55 16:08:35 17:28:45 5:20 3:07 89.02% São Luís 14:33:22 16:09:07 16:11:15 16:13:24 17:30:04 4:17 2:57 88.77% Parnaíba 14:39:34 16:11:48 16:14:01 16:16:15 17:30:35 4:27 2:51 88.62% Sobral 14:42:28 16:14:28 16:15:07 16:15:49 17:30:32 1:21 2:48 88.54% Fortaleza 14:46:28 16:14:54 16:16:49 16:18:43 17:30:45 3:49 2:45 88.44% Fernando de Noronha 15:57:40 17:18:52 17:20:58 17:23:04 18:06:30 (sunset) 4:12 2:09 88.11%References:
Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of April 29, 1995(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Gambier Islands 06:18:43 (sunrise) 06:40:07 07:53:30 1:35 66.21% Adamstown 06:31:40 (sunrise) 07:11:45 08:29:52 1:58 77.69% Easter Island 08:37:23 09:58:02 11:33:42 2:56 76.71% Lima 10:30:15 12:29:55 14:30:29 4:00 69.21% Managua 09:59:06 11:36:09 13:16:14 3:17 31.57% San José 09:54:41 11:39:29 13:26:12 3:32 40.97% Quito 10:40:21 12:42:42 14:43:15 4:03 81.06% Panama City 11:00:32 12:52:30 14:41:16 3:41 49.80% La Paz 12:01:26 13:57:27 15:41:59 3:41 47.53% Bogotá 11:02:38 13:04:40 14:56:31 3:54 70.26% Oranjestad 12:35:12 14:24:28 16:00:49 3:26 46.45% Willemstad 12:37:07 14:27:11 16:03:18 3:26 48.41% Santo Domingo 12:55:14 14:28:06 15:51:24 2:56 27.69% Kralendijk 12:39:09 14:28:59 16:04:25 3:25 48.56% Caracas 12:38:52 14:31:40 16:08:17 3:29 54.73% San Juan 13:04:56 14:37:02 15:57:59 2:53 28.95% Manaus 12:39:40 14:40:28 16:17:47 3:38 85.11% St. George's 12:58:55 14:45:03 16:13:56 3:15 50.48% Port of Spain 12:56:24 14:45:07 16:15:35 3:19 55.31% Basse-Terre 13:09:19 14:46:04 16:08:34 2:59 37.35% Kingstown 13:03:16 14:46:32 16:13:16 3:10 46.76% Roseau 13:08:23 14:46:40 16:10:06 3:02 39.63% Fort-de-France 13:07:27 14:47:11 16:11:30 3:04 41.92% Castries 13:06:09 14:47:14 16:12:25 3:06 43.90% Bridgetown 13:08:05 14:49:56 16:15:04 3:07 46.94% Georgetown 12:59:52 14:51:12 16:21:37 3:22 68.65% Rio de Janeiro 14:33:36 15:54:10 17:02:08 2:29 30.47% Brasília 14:19:22 15:55:21 17:13:31 2:54 47.48% Paramaribo 14:08:24 15:57:02 17:24:37 3:16 71.60% Cayenne 14:16:27 16:02:00 17:26:52 3:10 73.83%References:
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of April 1995 April 15Ascending node (full moon) April 29Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 112 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 138
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1995 A partial lunar eclipse on April 15. An annular solar eclipse on April 29. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8. A total solar eclipse on October 24.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1988 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1986 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 2004
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
Solar Saros 138 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 28, 1908 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082
Solar eclipses of 1993–1996
Saros 138
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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Photos: A Fleeting Eclipse, annular eclipse from Macara, Ecuador APOD 8/27/1997,