Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082

Summary

A total solar eclipse will occur on Monday, August 24, 2082. 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.

Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.4004
Magnitude1.0452
Maximum eclipse
Duration241 s (4 min 1 s)
Coordinates10°18′S 151°48′E / 10.3°S 151.8°E / -10.3; 151.8
Max. width of band163 km (101 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:16:21
References
Saros146 (31 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)9692

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2080–2083 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]

121 March 21, 2080
 
Partial
126 September 13, 2080
 
Partial
131 March 10, 2081
 
Annular
136 September 3, 2081
 
Total
141 February 27, 2082
 
Annular
146 August 24, 2082
 
Total
151 February 16, 2083
 
Partial
156 August 13, 2083
 
Partial

Saros 146 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938, through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172, through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244, through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.

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).

Notes 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.

References edit

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