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October 3, 1986 — Total Solar Eclipse — Columbus, OH, USA

Oct 3, 1986 at 3:07 pm
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Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Columbus, Ohio
Began: Fri, Oct 3, 1986 at 1:53 pm
Maximum: Fri, Oct 3, 1986 at 3:07 pm 0.577 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Oct 3, 1986 at 4:17 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 24 minutes

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Location

October 3, 1986 — Total Solar Eclipse — Columbus

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Columbus. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EDT) for Columbus.

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The total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Columbus, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

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Cloud Coverage (Oct 3)

In the past, this day was cloudy 59% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Columbus

Eclipse Visibility From ColumbusVisibility Worldwide
Aug 25–26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1982 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 1986 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 13–14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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