Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040

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Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0993
Magnitude0.8074
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62°12′N 53°24′W / 62.2°N 53.4°W / 62.2; -53.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:09:02
References
Saros124 (56 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9598

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, November 4, 2040. 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.

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Animated path

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 2040–2043[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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040 to 2043
Ascending node   Descending node
119 May 11, 2040

Partial
124 November 4, 2040

Annular
129 April 30, 2041

Total
134 October 25, 2041

Annular
139 April 20, 2042

Total
144 October 14, 2042

Annular
149 April 9, 2043

Total (non-central)
154 October 3, 2043

Annular (non-central)

Saros 124[edit]

Solar saros 124, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211, to September 22, 1968, and a hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest total eclipse occurred on May 3, 1734, at 5 minutes and 46 seconds.[2]

Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100:
43 44 45

June 16, 1806

June 26, 1824

July 8, 1842
46 47 48

July 18, 1860

July 29, 1878

August 9, 1896
49 50 51

August 21, 1914

August 31, 1932

September 12, 1950
52 53 54

September 22, 1968

October 3, 1986

October 14, 2004
55 56 57

October 25, 2022

November 4, 2040

November 16, 2058
58 59

November 26, 2076

December 7, 2094

Metonic cycle[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).

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

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