Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033

Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
	Map
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
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:54:31
References
Saros	125 (55 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9582

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, September 23, 2033, with a magnitude of 0.689. 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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Related eclipses

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036
Descending node		Ascending node
120	March 30, 2033 Total	125	September 23, 2033 Partial
130	March 20, 2034 Total	135	September 12, 2034 Annular
140	March 9, 2035 Annular	145	September 2, 2035 Total
150	February 27, 2036 Partial	155	August 21, 2036 Partial
A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 125

It 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

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018, and July 12, 2094
July 12–13	April 30-May 1	February 16–17	December 5–6	September 22–23
117	119	121	123	125
July 13, 2018	April 30, 2022	February 17, 2026	December 5, 2029	September 23, 2033
127	129	131	133	135
July 13, 2037	April 30, 2041	February 16, 2045	December 5, 2048	September 22, 2052
137	139	141	143	145
July 12, 2056	April 30, 2060	February 17, 2064	December 6, 2067	September 23, 2071
147	149	151	153	155
July 13, 2075	May 1, 2079	February 16, 2083	December 6, 2086	September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094