Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990

Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990
classification
Type	Total
area	Northeast Europe , North Asia , Arctic Ocean , North Pacific , Alaska , Northwest Canada , North Greenland Total: Finland , North Russia , Arctic Ocean, North Pacific
Saros cycle	126 (46 of 72)
Gamma value	+0.7595
Greatest eclipse
Duration	2 minutes 32.7 seconds
place	Chukotka (Eastern Siberia)
location	65 ° 10 ′  N , 168 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 65 ° 10 ′  N , 168 ° 50 ′  E
time	July 22, 1990 3:02:10   UT
size	1.0391

The total solar eclipse of July 22, 1990 could be observed in almost all of northern Eurasia . The totality zone began in the Gulf of Finland and then passed over southwestern Finland north of Leningrad, crossed the White Sea and, on the way along the Eurasian Arctic coast, reached its maximum over the eastern Siberian peninsula of Chukotka . The orbit of the umbra of the moon then ended in the middle of the North Pacific .

In Finland, the solar eclipse occurred during sunrise, making it possible to observe and take photos without protective glasses, which was made more difficult by heavy cloud cover. In Helsinki the sun rose totally darkened.

In Alaska, around two-thirds of the solar disk was covered by the moon at noon. This solar eclipse could partially be observed from the entire Arctic Ocean and North Asia. There were densely populated areas only on the southern edge of the partial zone. In Manchuria and Japan , for example, only a few percent of the sun was covered by the moon.

Saros 126 began March 10, 1179 with a small partial solar eclipse in Antarctica . After 8 partial eclipses in the southern hemisphere, there are 28 ring-shaped, 3 hybrid and 10 total solar eclipses. Finally, 23 partial solar eclipses will take place in the northern hemisphere of the earth. Saros 126 ends on May 3, 2459.

Web links

• NASA: Total Solar Eclipse of 1990 July 22
• NASA: Solar Eclipses of Saros 126

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report and photos from Finland