Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	−1.0609
Magnitude	0.8911
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	67°30′S 135°42′E / 67.5°S 135.7°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	15:03:58
References
Saros	123 (54 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9574

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, December 5, 2029. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Images[edit]

Animated path

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses 2029–2032[edit]

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029 to 2032
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
118	June 12, 2029 Partial	1.29431	123	December 5, 2029 Partial	-1.06090
128	June 1, 2030 Annular	0.56265	133	November 25, 2030 Total	-0.38669
138	May 21, 2031 Annular	-0.19699	143	November 14, 2031 Hybrid	0.30776
148	May 9, 2032 Annular	-0.93748	153	November 3, 2032 Partial	1.06431

Metonic series[edit]

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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13	April 30-May 1	February 16–17	December 5–6	September 22–23
117	119	121	123	125
July 13, 2018	April 30, 2022	February 17, 2026	December 5, 2029	September 23, 2033
127	129	131	133	135
July 13, 2037	April 30, 2041	February 16, 2045	December 5, 2048	September 22, 2052
137	139	141	143	145
July 12, 2056	April 30, 2060	February 17, 2064	December 6, 2067	September 23, 2071
147	149	151	153	155
July 13, 2075	May 1, 2079	February 16, 2083	December 6, 2086	September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094