Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990

The total solar eclipse of July 22, 1990 could be observed in almost the entire northern Eurasia. The zone of totality began in the Gulf of Finland and then moved on Southwest Finland past away north of Leningrad, crossed the White Sea and reached on the way along the Eurasian Arctic coast the location of its maximum over the East Siberian Chukotka Peninsula. The path of the umbra of the moon then ended halfway over the North Pacific.

In Finland, the eclipse occurred during sunrise, thereby allowing observation and photographing without protective glasses, which, however, was hampered by considerable cloudiness. In Helsinki, the sun was totally eclipsed on.

In Alaska were at lunch time to the two-thirds of the solar disc covered from the moon. Partially this could eclipse the entire Arctic Ocean and North Asia are observed. Densely populated areas, there was, however, only on the southern edge of the partial zone. In Manchuria and Japan, for example, only a few percent of the sun was covered by the moon.

Saros 126 began March 10, 1179 with a small partial eclipse in the Antarctic. After 8 partial eclipses in the southern hemisphere, it comes to 28 annular, 3 hybrid and 10 total solar eclipses. At the end of partial solar eclipses take place 23 in the northern hemisphere of the earth. Saros 126 terminates on May 3, 2459th