1988tse

Total Solar Eclipse
1988 March 18

Map of the 1988 March 89 eclipse track.
Global view of the 1988 March 18 eclipse track.

 

Animation of the passage of the lunar shadow created in WinEclipse, a program developed by the late Heinz Scsibrany.

GMS 3 view of the eclipse shadow at 0213 UTC. This is a visible/infrared composite image in which visible wavelengths are coloured red and green and IR wavelengths, blue. The eclipse shadow is the blue spot near the northeast limb. Image: Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The same image in visible wavelengths alone. Image: JAXA. 

Satellite image of the eclipse shadow.
GOES West image of the eclipse shadow taken at 0245 UTC. Image: NASA
An enlargement of the GOES 6 shadow shown above. Image: NASA.

Updated November 2020

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