Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0191 |
Magnitude | 0.9749 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°18′N 150°18′E / 61.3°N 150.3°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 8:54:27 |
References | |
Saros | 126 (50 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9647 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, September 3, 2062, with a magnitude of 0.9749. 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.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2062
- A partial solar eclipse on March 11, 2062.
- A total lunar eclipse on March 25, 2062.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 3, 2062.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 18, 2062.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2071
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
Solar Saros 126
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2091
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 5, 2149
Solar eclipses of 2062–2065
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]
121 | March 11, 2062![]() Partial |
126 | September 3, 2062![]() Partial |
131 | February 28, 2063![]() Annular |
136 | August 24, 2063![]() Total |
141 | February 17, 2064![]() Annular |
146 | August 12, 2064![]() Total |
151 | February 5, 2065![]() Partial |
156 | August 2, 2065![]() Partial |
Saros 126
It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810, hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864 and total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 6 minutes, 30 seconds of annularity on June 26, 1359. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
Series members 42–52 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
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42 | 43 | 44 |
![]() June 8, 1918 |
![]() June 19, 1936 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
45 | 46 | 47 |
![]() July 10, 1972 |
![]() July 22, 1990 |
![]() August 1, 2008 |
48 | 49 | 50 |
![]() August 12, 2026 |
![]() August 23, 2044 |
![]() September 3, 2062 |
51 | 52 | |
![]() September 13, 2080 |
![]() September 25, 2098 |
References
- ^ 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.