A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 4, 2051, with a magnitude of 0.6024. 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.
| Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.2094 |
| Magnitude | 0.6024 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72°00′S 117°42′E / 72°S 117.7°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 21:02:14 |
| References | |
| Saros | 125 (56 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9622 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2051
edit- A partial solar eclipse on April 11, 2051.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 26, 2051.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 4, 2051.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 19, 2051.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
Solar Saros 125
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 5, 2138
Solar eclipses 2051–2054
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]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 120 | April 11, 2051 Partial |
125 | October 4, 2051 Partial | |
| 130 | March 30, 2052 Total |
135 | September 22, 2052 Annular | |
| 140 | March 20, 2053 Annular |
145 | September 12, 2053 Total | |
| 150 | March 9, 2054 Partial |
155 | September 2, 2054 Partial | |
Saros 125
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330, hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366, and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907.
| Series members 48–64 occur between 1900 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
 July 10, 1907 |
 July 20, 1925 |
 August 1, 1943 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
 August 11, 1961 |
 August 22, 1979 |
 September 2, 1997 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 September 13, 2015 |
 September 23, 2033 |
October 4, 2051 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
 October 15, 2069 |
 October 26, 2087 |
 November 6, 2105 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 |
 November 18, 2123 |
 November 28, 2141 |
 December 9, 2159 |
| 63 | 64 | |
 December 20, 2177 |
 December 31, 2195 | |
References
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.
External links
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