Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054

Summary

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, September 2, 2054. 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 September 2, 2054
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0215
Magnitude0.9793
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°42′N 82°18′W / 71.7°N 82.3°W / 71.7; -82.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:09:34
References
Saros155 (8 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9628

This is the last of first set of partial eclipses of Solar Saros 155. The next event is the Total Solar Eclipse on September 12, 2072, which is the first of 56 umbral eclipses, starting in 2072 and ending in 3064. The total duration is almost one millennium, exactly 992 years.

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2051–2054 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 2051 to 2054
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
120 April 11, 2051
 
Partial
125 October 4, 2051
 
Partial
130 March 30, 2052
 
Total
135 September 22, 2052
 
Annular
140 March 20, 2053
 
Annular
145 September 12, 2053
 
Total
150 March 9, 2054
 
Partial
155 September 2, 2054
 
Partial

Saros 155 series edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days (223 synodic months), contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It has total eclipses from September 12, 2072 to August 30, 2649. The series also has 3 hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 to October 3, 2703 and 20 annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 to May 8, 3064.

The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. The longest total eclipses will be on October 26, 2144 and on November 6, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.[2]

Series members 1–10 occur between 1901 and 2100:
1 2 3
 
June 17, 1928
 
June 29, 1946
 
July 9, 1964
4 5 6
 
July 20, 1982
 
July 31, 2000
 
August 11, 2018
7 8 9
 
August 21, 2036
 
September 2, 2054  
September 12, 2072
10
 
September 23, 2090

Metonic series 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21 April 8–9 January 26 November 13–14 September 1–2
107 109 111 113 115
June 21, 1963 April 9, 1967 January 26, 1971 November 14, 1974 September 2, 1978
117 119 121 123 125
 
June 21, 1982
 
April 9, 1986
 
January 26, 1990
 
November 13, 1993
 
September 2, 1997
127 129 131 133 135
 
June 21, 2001
 
April 8, 2005
 
January 26, 2009
 
November 13, 2012
 
September 1, 2016
137 139 141 143 145
 
June 21, 2020
 
April 8, 2024
 
January 26, 2028
 
November 14, 2031
 
September 2, 2035
147 149 151 153 155
 
June 21, 2039
 
April 9, 2043
 
January 26, 2047
 
November 14, 2050
 
September 2, 2054 157  
June 21, 2058

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

  • NASA graphics