Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064

Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.4652
Magnitude	1.0495
Maximum eclipse
Duration	268 s (4 min 28 s)
Coordinates	10.9°S 96°W / -10.9; -96
Max. width of band	184 km (114 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	17:46:06
References
Saros	146 (30 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9651

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2064. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2062-2065

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.

The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
121	March 11, 2062 Partial	−1.0238		126	September 3, 2062 Partial	1.0191
131	February 28, 2063 Annular	−0.336		136	August 24, 2063 Total	0.2771
141	February 17, 2064 Annular	0.3597		146	August 12, 2064 Total	−0.4652
151	February 5, 2065 Partial	1.0336		156	August 2, 2065 Partial	−1.2759

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.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1	March 19–20	January 5–6	October 24–25	August 12–13
118	120	122	124	126
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	130	132	134	136
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	140	142	144	146
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	150	152	154	156
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
158	160	162	164
June 1, 2087			October 24, 2098

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements