Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057

Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.9405
Magnitude	1.0348
Maximum eclipse
Duration	110 s (1 min 50 s)
Coordinates	84.9°S 21.8°E / -84.9; 21.8
Max. width of band	355 km (221 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	1:14:35
References
Saros	152 (15 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9636

A total solar eclipse will occur on December 26, 2057. 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 2054-2058

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 March 9, 2054 and September 2, 2054 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 22, 2058 and November 16, 2058 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2054 to 2058
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
117	August 3, 2054 Partial	−1.4941		122	January 27, 2055 Partial	1.155
127	July 24, 2055 Total	−0.8012		132	January 16, 2056 Annular	0.4199
137	July 12, 2056 Annular	−0.0426		142	January 5, 2057 Total	−0.2837
147	July 1, 2057 Annular	0.7455		152	December 26, 2057 Total	−0.9405
157	June 21, 2058 Partial	1.4869

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.

21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069
May 20–21	March 9	December 25–26	October 13–14	August 1–2
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
May 20, 2069

External links

• NASA graphics