Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

A partial solar eclipse will occur on 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
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.0661
Magnitude0.8816
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66.4°S 6.6°W / -66.4; -6.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:50:12
References
Saros123 (55 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9614

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Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

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.

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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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