Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 22, 1979, with a magnitude of 0.9329. 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. A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 953 km wide at maximum, and lasted 6 minutes and 3 seconds. This was the second solar eclipse in 1979, the first one a total solar eclipse on February 26.

This was the last of 40 umbral eclipses of Solar Saros 125. The first was in 1276 and the last was in 1979. The total duration is 703 years.

Eclipses in 1979

 * A total solar eclipse on February 26, 1979.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on March 13, 1979.
 * An annular solar eclipse on August 22, 1979.
 * A total lunar eclipse on September 6, 1979.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1970
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990

Solar Saros 125

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 20, 1892
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066