Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
| Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 | |
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| Type | Total |
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East Pacific , Central America , Caribbean Sea , West Atlantic Total: Panama , Colombia , Caribbean |
| Saros cycle | 130 (51 of 73) |
| Gamma value | +0.2391 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 4 minutes 8.5 seconds |
| place | Pacific Ocean , near Panama |
| location | 4 ° 44 ′ N , 82 ° 43 ′ W |
| time | February 26, 1998 5:28:25 PM UT |
| size | 1.0441 |
The solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 was a total solar eclipse, the central zone of which ran almost exclusively over the oceans. On land, only the northern Galápagos Islands , the Central American land bridge near Panama and small islands in the Caribbean were recorded. After all, the few land areas were in the middle of the totality zone, so that the few land areas (apart from the weather) had ideal visibility conditions.
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Previous solar eclipses:
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Later solar eclipses:
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October 24, 1995 (total) |
April 17, 1996 (partial) |
October 12, 1996 (partial) |
March 9, 1997 (total) |
September 2, 1997 (partial) |
February 26, 1998 (total) |
August 22, 1998 (ring-shaped) |
February 16, 1999 (circular) |
August 11, 1999 (total) |
February 5, 2000 (partial) |
July 1, 2000 (partial) |
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