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 August 3, 2054 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 | April 11, 2051 Partial |
1.0169 | 125 | October 4, 2051 Partial |
−1.2094 | |
130 | March 30, 2052 Total |
0.3238 | 135 | September 22, 2052 Annular |
−0.448 | |
140 | March 20, 2053 Annular |
−0.4089 | 145 | September 12, 2053 Total |
0.314 | |
150 | March 9, 2054 Partial |
−1.1711 | 155 | September 2, 2054 Partial |
1.0215 |
- ^ 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.