Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.262 |
Magnitude | 1.0333 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 191 s (3 min 11 s) |
Coordinates | 14°12′N 76°42′W / 14.2°N 76.7°W |
Max. width of band | 116 km (72 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 17:20:28 |
References | |
Saros | 145 (25 of 77) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9668 |
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, September 23, 2071, with a magnitude of 1.0333. 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.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2071
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 16, 2071.
- An annular solar eclipse on March 31, 2071.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 9, 2071.
- A total solar eclipse on September 23, 2071.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2075
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2062
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2080
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082
Solar Saros 145
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2089
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 25, 2158
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
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]
The partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 | April 21, 2069 Partial |
1.0624 | 125 | October 15, 2069 Partial |
−1.2524 | |
130 | April 11, 2070 Total |
0.3652 | 135 | October 4, 2070 Annular |
−0.495 | |
140 | March 31, 2071 Annular |
−0.3739 | 145 | September 23, 2071 Total |
0.262 | |
150 | March 19, 2072 Partial |
−1.1405 | 155 | September 12, 2072 Total |
0.9655 |
Saros 145
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 77 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639. It contains an annular eclipse on June 6, 1891; a hybrid eclipse 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. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 15 at 6 seconds (by default) on June 6, 1891, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 12 seconds on June 25, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 10–32 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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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 | |
November 28, 2179 |
December 9, 2197 |
Inex series
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.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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January 3, 1927 (Saros 140) |
December 14, 1955 (Saros 141) |
November 22, 1984 (Saros 142) |
November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) |
October 14, 2042 (Saros 144) |
September 23, 2071 (Saros 145) |
September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
Metonic series
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 July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094 | ||||
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July 12–13 | April 30–May 1 | February 16–17 | December 5–6 | September 22–23 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
July 13, 2018 |
April 30, 2022 |
February 17, 2026 |
December 5, 2029 |
September 23, 2033 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
July 13, 2037 |
April 30, 2041 |
February 16, 2045 |
December 5, 2048 |
September 22, 2052 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
July 12, 2056 |
April 30, 2060 |
February 17, 2064 |
December 6, 2067 |
September 23, 2071 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
July 13, 2075 |
May 1, 2079 |
February 16, 2083 |
December 6, 2086 |
September 23, 2090 |
157 | ||||
July 12, 2094 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 145". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC