Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033

Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
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Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.1583
Magnitude 0.689
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 72°12′S 121°12′W / 72.2°S 121.2°W / -72.2; -121.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 13:54:31
References
Saros 125 (55 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9582

A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 23, 2033. 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.

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Solar eclipses of 2033-2036

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]

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.


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