Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094

Summary

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, December 7, 2094. 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. It will be visible across North America.

Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1547
Magnitude0.7046
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates10°30′S 39°00′E / 10.5°S 39°E / -10.5; 39
Max. width of band142 km (88 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:05:56
References
Saros124 (59 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9721

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2094–2098 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]

119 June 13, 2094
 
Partial
124 December 7, 2094
 
Partial
129 June 2, 2095
 
Total
134 November 27, 2095
 
Annular
139 May 22, 2096
 
Total
144 November 15, 2096
 
Annular
149 May 11, 2097
 
Total
154 November 4, 2097
 
Annular
  164 October 24, 2098
 
Partial

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 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.

External links edit

  • http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2094Dec07P.GIF