Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, March 29, 1987, with a magnitude of 1.0013. It was a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at the start and end as an annular eclipse. The eclipse lasted a maximum of only 7.57 seconds. 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. Totality of this eclipse was not visible on any land, while annularity was visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland.

Eclipses in 1987

 * A hybrid solar eclipse on March 29, 1987.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14, 1987.
 * An annular solar eclipse on September 23, 1987.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 7, 1987.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1978
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998

Solar Saros 129

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074