Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.535 |
Magnitude | 1.0531 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 291 s (4 min 51 s) |
Coordinates | 12°42′S 15°12′E / 12.7°S 15.2°E |
Max. width of band | 206 km (128 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 10:21:13 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (29 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9610 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight. Annularity occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 2044-2047
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
121 | February 28, 2044 Annular |
126 | August 23, 2044 Total | |||
131 | February 16, 2045 Annular |
136 | August 12, 2045 Total | |||
141 | February 5, 2046 Annular |
146 | August 2, 2046 Total | |||
151 | January 26, 2047 Partial |
156 | July 22, 2047 Partial | |||
Partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.[2]
Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065 | ||||
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May 20–21 | March 8–9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
98 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 106 |
May 21, 1955 | March 9, 1959 | December 26, 1962 | October 14, 1966 | August 2, 1970 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
May 21, 1974 | March 9, 1978 | December 26, 1981 | October 14, 1985 | August 1, 1989 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
May 21, 1993 |
March 9, 1997 |
December 25, 2000 |
October 14, 2004 |
August 1, 2008 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
May 20, 2012 |
March 9, 2016 |
December 26, 2019 |
October 14, 2023 |
August 2, 2027 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 |
March 9, 2035 |
December 26, 2038 |
October 14, 2042 |
August 2, 2046 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 20, 2050 |
March 9, 2054 |
December 26, 2057 |
October 13, 2061 |
August 2, 2065 |
158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
May 20, 2069 |
March 8, 2073 | December 26, 2076 | October 13, 2080 | August 1, 2084 |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions in Freeth, Tony (2014). "Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103275. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3275F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103275. PMC 4116162. PMID 25075747.
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