Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071

Summary

A total solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, September 23, 2071. 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 September 23, 2071
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.262
Magnitude1.0333
Maximum eclipse
Duration191 s (3 min 11 s)
Coordinates14°12′N 76°42′W / 14.2°N 76.7°W / 14.2; -76.7
Max. width of band116 km (72 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:20:28
References
Saros145 (25 of 77)
Catalog # (SE5000)9668

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2069–2072 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]

120 April 21, 2069
 
Partial
125 October 15, 2069
 
Partial
130 April 11, 2070
 
Total
135 October 4, 2070
 
Annular
140 March 31, 2071
 
Annular
145 September 23, 2071
 
Total
150 March 19, 2072
 
Partial
155 September 12, 2072
 
Total

Saros series 145 edit

This solar eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours, containing 77 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639, and reached a first annular eclipse on June 6, 1891. It was a hybrid event on June 17, 1909, and total eclipses from June 29, 1927, through September 9, 2648. The series ends at member 77 as a partial eclipse on April 17, 3009. The longest eclipse will occur on June 25, 2522, with a maximum duration of totality of 7 minutes, 12 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.

Series members 10–32 occur between 1801 and 2359
10 11 12
 
April 13, 1801
 
April 24, 1819
 
May 4, 1837
13 14 15
 
May 16, 1855
 
May 26, 1873
 
June 6, 1891
16 17 18
 
June 17, 1909
 
June 29, 1927
 
July 9, 1945
19 20 21
 
July 20, 1963
 
July 31, 1981
 
August 11, 1999
22 23 24
 
August 21, 2017
 
September 2, 2035
 
September 12, 2053
25 26 27
 
September 23, 2071  
October 4, 2089
 
October 16, 2107
28 29 30
 
October 26, 2125
 
November 7, 2143
 
November 17, 2161
31 32 33
 
November 28, 2179
 
December 9, 2197
 
December 21, 2215
34 35 36
 
December 31, 2233
 
January 12, 2252
 
January 22, 2270
37 38 39
 
February 2, 2288
 
February 14, 2306
 
February 25, 2324
40
 
March 8, 2342

Inex series edit

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

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.

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