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.
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 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2071
edit- 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
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2075
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2062
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2080
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082
Solar Saros 145
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2089
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 25, 2158
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
editThis 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 145
editThis 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 | ||
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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 | 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
editThis 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
editThe 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, progressing from south to north 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
edit- ^ 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