Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 12, 1996,{{cite web|title=august 6, 1996 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1996-october-12|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=10 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.7575. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Images

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1996 Oct 12|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1996Oct12Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=10 August 2024}}

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|+October 12, 1996 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1996 October 12 at 12:00:31.3 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1996 October 12 at 13:24:53.1 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1996 October 12 at 14:03:04.1 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1996 October 12 at 14:15:28.3 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1996 October 12 at 16:05:49.4 UTC

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|+October 12, 1996 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.75753

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.68285

Gamma

| 1.12265

Sun Right Ascension

| 13h12m04.5s

Sun Declination

| -07°38'15.5"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'01.7"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 13h13m17.1s

Moon Declination

| -06°38'00.7"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'18.1"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°56'09.5"

ΔT

| 62.1 s

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.

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|+ Eclipse season of September–October 1996

! September 27
Descending node (full moon)
!! October 12
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 127

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 153