Event
A total solar eclipse is seen in North Africa and West Asia
16 Feb 1980 · 0.10° S, 47.10° E
What the records say
- When
- 16 Feb 1980
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 0.10° S, 47.10° E
- Description
- A total solar eclipse is seen in North Africa and West Asia. It was the 50th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980.
Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980
Total eclipse
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, February 16, 1980, with a magnitude of 1.0434. 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.
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