title: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
text: # Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
  
  A total solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1985. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It was visible only near Antarctica.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Eclipses of 1985
  
  * A total lunar eclipse on May 4.
  * A partial solar eclipse on May 19.
  * A total lunar eclipse on October 28.
  * A total solar eclipse on November 12.
  
  ### Solar eclipses of 1982–1985
  
  This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
  
  Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 1982–1985 :
  
  | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
  | 117 | 1982 June 21 Partial | -1.21017 | 122 | 1982 December 15 Partial | 1.12928 |
  | 127 | 1983 June 11 Total | -0.49475 | 132 | 1983 December 4 Annular | 0.40150 |
  | 137 | 1984 May 30 Annular | 0.27552 | 142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ | 1984 November 22 Total | -0.31318 |
  | 147 | 1985 May 19 Partial | 1.07197 | 152 | 1985 November 12 Total | -0.97948 |
  
  ### Saros 152
  
  Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
  
  Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100: :
  
  | 7 | 8 | 9 |
  | - | - | - |
  | September 30, 1913 | October 11, 1931 | October 21, 1949 |
  | 10 | 11 | 12 |
  | November 2, 1967 | November 12, 1985 | November 23, 2003 |
  | 13 | 14 | 15 |
  | December 4, 2021 | December 15, 2039 | December 26, 2057 |
  | 16 | 17 |
  | January 6, 2076 | January 16, 2094 |
  
  ### Metonic series
  
  The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
  
  22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989: :
  
  | April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 108 | | | 114 | 116 |
  | April 8, 1902 | | | August 31, 1913 | June 19, 1917 |
  | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
  | April 8, 1921 | January 24, 1925 | November 12, 1928 | August 31, 1932 | June 19, 1936 |
  | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
  | April 7, 1940 | January 25, 1944 | November 12, 1947 | September 1, 1951 | June 20, 1955 |
  | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
  | April 8, 1959 | January 25, 1963 | November 12, 1966 | August 31, 1970 | June 20, 1974 |
  | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
  | April 7, 1978 | January 25, 1982 | November 12, 1985 | August 31, 1989 |
  