Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978

Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1616
Magnitude	0.6905
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	72°00′N 159°36′E / 72°N 159.6°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	6:28:43
References
Saros	153 (7 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9461

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 2, 1978. 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.

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses in 1978[]

A total lunar eclipse on Friday, 24 March 1978.
A partial solar eclipse on Friday, 7 April 1978.
A total lunar eclipse on Saturday, 16 September 1978.
A partial solar eclipse on Monday, 2 October 1978.

Solar eclipses of 1975–1978[]

There were 8 solar eclipses (at 6 month intervals) between May 11, 1975 and October 2, 1978.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1975–1978
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
118	1975 May 11 Partial	1.06472	123	1975 November 3 Partial	-1.02475
128	1976 April 29 Annular	0.33783	133	1976 October 23 Total	-0.32699
138	1977 April 18 Annular	-0.39903	143	1977 October 12 Total	0.38363
148	1978 April 7 Partial	-1.10812	153	1978 October 2 Partial	1.16164

Metonic series[]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

21 eclipse events between July 21, 1906 and July 20, 1982
July 20–21	May 9	February 24–25	December 13–14	October 1–2
105	107	109	111	113
			December 13, 1898
115	117	119	121	123
July 21, 1906	May 9, 1910	February 25, 1914	December 14, 1917	October 1, 1921
125	127	129	131	133
July 20, 1925	May 9, 1929	February 24, 1933	December 13, 1936	October 1, 1940
135	137	139	141	143
July 20, 1944	May 9, 1948	February 25, 1952	December 14, 1955	October 2, 1959
145	147	149	151	153
July 20, 1963	May 9, 1967	February 25, 1971	December 13, 1974	October 2, 1978
155
July 20, 1982