A partial solar eclipse will occur on Monday, December 16, 2047. 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 December 16, 2047 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.0661 |
| Magnitude | 0.8816 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 66°24′S 6°36′W / 66.4°S 6.6°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 23:50:12 |
| References | |
| Saros | 123 (55 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9614 |
Images edit
Animated path
Related eclipses edit
Solar eclipses of 2047–2050 edit
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]
Note: Partial lunar eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse sets from 2047 to 2050 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
| 118 | June 23, 2047 Partial |
123 | December 16, 2047 Partial | |
| 128 | June 11, 2048 Annular |
133 | December 5, 2048 Total | |
| 138 | May 31, 2049 Annular |
143 | November 25, 2049 Hybrid | |
| 148 | May 20, 2050 Hybrid |
153 | November 14, 2050 Partial | |
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 edit
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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