Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, September 11, 1988, with a magnitude of 0.9377. 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. Annularity was visible in southeastern Somalia (including the capital city Mogadishu), the Indian Ocean and Macquarie Island of Australia.

Eclipses in 1988

 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3, 1988.
 * A total solar eclipse on March 18, 1988.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on August 27, 1988.
 * An annular solar eclipse on September 11, 1988.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1981
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 6, 1979
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1997

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999

Solar Saros 144

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 11, 1901
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2075