Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
A total solar eclipse occurred on February 26, 1998. 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. Totality was visible in Galápagos Islands, Panama, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, the whole Aruba, most part of Curaçao and the northwestern tip of Bonaire, the whole Montserrat, Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda.The 2001 Japanese film Orozco the Embalmer briefly featured the total eclipse as seen from Colombia.Images
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Eclipses of 1998
Saros 130
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