Earth Perihelion and Aphelion, 1998

Jan. 4 Perihelion, 147,099,830 km (91,403,420 mi) from the Sun

July 4 Aphelion, 152,095,600 km (94,507,640 mi) from the Sun

Equinoxes and Solstices, 1998

March 20 Vernal equinox, 19:55¹

June 21 Summer solstice, 14:03¹

Sept. 23 Autumnal equinox, 05:37¹

Dec. 22 Winter solstice, 01:56¹

Eclipses, 1998

Feb. 26 Sun, total (begins 14:50¹), the beginning visible in the eastern Pacific Ocean about the Equator, the Galápagos Islands, the Panama-Colombia border region; the end visible in the eastern Atlantic Ocean near Morocco.

March 13 Moon, penumbral (begins 02:14¹), the beginning visible throughout the Americas (excluding northwestern North America), Greenland, and the Arctic, Europe, Africa, western Asia; the end visible in the Americas, eastern Asia, extreme western Africa, extreme western Europe, and part of Antarctica.

Aug. 8 Moon, penumbral (begins 01:32¹), the beginning visible in the Americas, southern Greenland, Europe, extreme western Asia, Africa, most of Antarctica; the end visible in the Americas (excluding northwestern North America), Africa (excluding the east coastal areas), most of Europe, most of Antarctica.

Aug. 21-22 Sun, annular (begins 23:10¹), the beginning visible in the Eastern Indian Ocean, northern Sumatra (Indonesia), Malaysia (including Singapore); the end visible in the southwestern Pacific Ocean (northeast of New Zealand).

Sept. 6 Moon, penumbral (begins 09:14¹), the beginning visible in the Americas (excluding the easternmost regions), eastern Australia, New Zealand, most of Antarctica; the end visible in western North America, Australia, New Zealand, eastern half of Asia, most of Antarctica.