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Earth Perihelion and Aphelion, 1995

Jan. 4 Perihelion, 147,100,000 km (91,403,900 mi) from the Sun

July 4 Aphelion, 152,102,400 km (94,512,200 mi) from the Sun

Equinoxes and Solstices, 1995

March 21 Vernal equinox, 02:14{1}

June 20 Summer solstice, 20:34{1}

Sept. 23 Autumnal equinox, 12:13{1}

Dec. 22 Winter solstice, 08:17{1}

Eclipses, 1995

April 15 Moon, partial (begins 10:08{1}), the beginning visible in the western

part of North America, Alaska, Hawaii, the southern tip of South

America, Australia, New Zealand, eastern Asia, Antarctica, and the

Pacific Ocean; the end visible in the western United States, Baja

California, Alaska, Australia, eastern Asia, much of the Pacific Ocean,

and the eastern Indian Ocean.

April 29 Sun, annular (begins 14:33{1}), the beginning visible south of French

Polynesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, Peru (near Lima), north-

ern Brazil, mouth of the Amazon; the end visible in the western

Atlantic Ocean (near the Equator).

Oct. 8 Moon, penumbral (begins 16:43{1}), the beginning visible in the north-

western United States, western Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia,

eastern Asia, eastern Antarctica, the western Pacific Ocean, and the

eastern Indian Ocean; the end visible in Europe, Asia, most of Africa,

Australia, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.

Oct. 24 Sun, total (begins 04:22{1}), the beginning visible south of the Caspian

Sea (near Tehran), Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (near Calcutta), Myan-

mar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam, South China

Sea, south of the Philippines; the end visible in the western Pacific

Ocean, near the Marshall Islands.

{1}Universal time.

Source: The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 1995 (1994).

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