Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046

Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
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Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.535
Magnitude 1.0531
Maximum eclipse
Duration 291 sec (4 m 51 s)
Coordinates 12°42′S 15°12′E / 12.7°S 15.2°E / -12.7; 15.2
Max. width of band 206 km (128 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 10:21:13
References
Saros 146 (29 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9610

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046. 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 greater than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

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Solar eclipses of 2044-2047

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]

Metonic series

This eclipse is a member of the Octon eclipse series, which includes 21 eclipses occurring in approximately 4 year intervals from May 21, 1993 to August 2, 2065.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Freeth, Tony. "Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions". plos.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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