Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029

Summary

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, June 12, 2029. 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.

Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.2943
Magnitude0.4576
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66°48′N 66°12′W / 66.8°N 66.2°W / 66.8; -66.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:06:13
References
Saros118 (69 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9572

The eclipse will be visible from Northern and Central Europe, northern Russia, Arctic, Greenland, and northern North America.

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Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2029–2032 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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029 to 2032
Descending node   Ascending node
118 June 12, 2029
 
Partial
123 December 5, 2029
 
Partial
128 June 1, 2030
 
Annular
133 November 25, 2030
 
Total
138 May 21, 2031
 
Annular
143 November 14, 2031
 
Hybrid
148 May 9, 2032
 
Annular
153 November 3, 2032
 
Partial

Saros 118 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 CE. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 CE through October 25, 1650, hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668, and November 15, 1686, and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704, through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. The longest duration of total was 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398.

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.

External links edit

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