Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020 | |
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![]() Totality as viewed from Gorbea, Chile | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.2939 |
Magnitude | 1.0254 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 130 s (2 min 10 s) |
Coordinates | 40°18′S 67°54′W / 40.3°S 67.9°W |
Max. width of band | 90 km (56 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 16:14:39 |
References | |
Saros | 142 (23 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9554 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on December 14, 2020. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon’s apparent diameter will be larger because the Moon occurs only 1.8 days after perigee (Perigee on December 12, 2020).
The path is similar to the solar eclipse of February 26, 2017. It takes place just 17 months after the solar eclipse of July 2, 2019 and, like the 2019 eclipse, is also visible from Chile and Argentina. It is also a partial solar eclipse in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
This solar eclipse will occur one lunar year after the annular solar eclipse on December 26, 2019.
Visibility
Chile
Totality will be visible in portions of Araucanía Region, Los Ríos Region, and a very small part of Bío Bío Region. Cities in the path include Temuco, Villarrica, and Pucón. Totality will also be visible on Mocha Island.
Argentina
Totality will also be visible across the Northern Patagonia Region (specifically the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro), passing through cities including Piedra del Águila, Sierra Colorada, Ministro Ramos Mexía, Junín de los Andes, and partially in San Martín de los Andes and San Carlos de Bariloche.
Images
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2020
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 10.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 5.
- An annular solar eclipse on June 21.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 5.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 30
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
- Followed: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028
Half-Saros cycle
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2029
Tritos
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010
- Followed: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031
Solar Saros 142
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002
- Followed: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038
Inex
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992
- Followed: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049
Triad
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934
- Followed: Solar eclipse of October 16, 2107
Solar eclipses of 2018–2021
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 February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occurred during the previous semester series.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117![]() Partial from Melbourne, Australia |
2018 July 13![]() Partial |
−1.35423 | 122![]() Partial from Nakhodka, Russia |
2019 January 6![]() Partial |
1.14174 | |
127![]() La Serena, Chile |
2019 July 2![]() Total |
−0.64656 | 132![]() Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
2019 December 26![]() Annular |
0.41351 | |
137![]() Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan |
2020 June 21![]() Annular |
0.12090 | 142![]() Gorbea, Chile |
2020 December 14![]() Total |
−0.29394 | |
147![]() Partial from Halifax, Canada |
2021 June 10![]() Annular |
0.91516 | 152![]() From HMS Protector off South Georgia |
2021 December 4![]() Total |
−0.95261 |
Saros 142
It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.[2]
Series members 17–41 occur between 1901 and 2359 | ||
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17 | 18 | 19 |
![]() October 10, 1912 |
![]() October 21, 1930 |
![]() November 1, 1948 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
![]() November 12, 1966 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
![]() December 4, 2002 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() December 26, 2038 |
![]() January 5, 2057 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
![]() January 16, 2075 |
![]() January 27, 2093 |
![]() February 8, 2111 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
![]() February 18, 2129 |
![]() March 2, 2147 |
![]() March 12, 2165 |
32 | 33 | 34 |
![]() March 23, 2183 |
![]() April 4, 2201 |
![]() April 15, 2219 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
![]() April 25, 2237 |
![]() May 7, 2255 |
![]() May 17, 2273 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
![]() May 28, 2291 |
![]() June 9, 2309 |
![]() June 20, 2327 |
41 | ||
![]() June 30, 2345 |
Metonic cycle
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.
21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
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July 21–22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
![]() July 22, 1971 |
![]() May 11, 1975 |
![]() February 26, 1979 |
![]() December 15, 1982 |
![]() October 3, 1986 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
![]() July 22, 1990 |
![]() May 10, 1994 |
![]() February 26, 1998 |
![]() December 14, 2001 |
![]() October 3, 2005 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
![]() July 22, 2009 |
![]() May 10, 2013 |
![]() February 26, 2017 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() October 2, 2024 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
![]() July 22, 2028 |
![]() May 9, 2032 |
![]() February 27, 2036 |
![]() December 15, 2039 |
![]() October 3, 2043 |
156 | ||||
![]() July 22, 2047 |
Notes
[1] https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2020Dec14Tgoogle.html
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros142.html
References
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