Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096

Summary

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, November 14 and Thursday, November 15, 2096. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.20
Magnitude0.9237
Maximum eclipse
Duration533 s (8 min 53 s)
Coordinates29°42′S 163°18′E / 29.7°S 163.3°E / -29.7; 163.3
Max. width of band294 km (183 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:36:15
References
Saros144 (21 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9725

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 144 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.

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