Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
An annular solar eclipse occurred on June 10, 2002. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible in Indonesia, Palau (Kayangel Atoll), Northern Mariana on June 11th (Tuesday), and the western tip of Jalisco, Mexico on June 10th (Monday). This eclipse was during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The closest apogee occurred on June 4, 2002.
Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002 | |
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![]() Partial from Los Angeles, California | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.1993 |
Magnitude | 0.9962 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 23 sec (0 m 23 s) |
Coordinates | 34.5°N 178.6°W |
Max. width of band | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:45:22 |
References | |
Saros | 137 (35 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9513 |
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Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2002
Solar eclipses 2000–2003
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 solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2000–2003 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | 2000 July 1![]() Partial (south) | -1.28214 | 122 | 2000 December 25![]() Partial (north) | 1.13669 | |
127![]() Totality from Lusaka, Zambia | 2001 June 21![]() Total | -0.57013 | 132![]() Partial from Minneapolis, MN | 2001 December 14![]() Annular | 0.40885 | |
137![]() Partial from Los Angeles, CA | 2002 June 10![]() Annular | 0.19933 | 142![]() Totality from Woomera | 2002 December 4![]() Total | -0.30204 | |
147![]() Partial from Belfort | 2003 May 31![]() Annular | 0.99598 | 152 | 2003 November 23![]() Total | -0.96381 |
Saros 137
It is a part of Saros cycle 137, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 25, 1389. It contains total eclipses from August 20, 1533 through December 6, 1695, first set of hybrid eclipses from December 17, 1713 through February 11, 1804, first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822 through March 25, 1876, second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894 through April 28, 1930, and second set of annular eclipses from May 9, 1948 through April 13, 2507. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 28, 2633. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 55 seconds on September 10, 1569. Solar Saros 137 has 55 umbral eclipses from August 20, 1533 through April 13, 2507 (973.62 years). That's almost 1 millennium!
Series members 30–40 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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30 | 31 | 32 |
![]() April 17, 1912 |
![]() April 28, 1930 |
![]() May 9, 1948 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() May 30, 1984 |
![]() June 10, 2002 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
![]() June 21, 2020 |
![]() July 2, 2038 |
![]() July 12, 2056 |
39 | 40 | |
![]() July 24, 2074 |
![]() August 3, 2092 |
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2100 | |||
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![]() December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
![]() November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) |
![]() October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) | |
![]() September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) |
![]() August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) |
![]() July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) | |
![]() June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) |
![]() May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |
![]() April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) | |
![]() March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
![]() February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |
![]() January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) | |
![]() December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |
![]() November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |
![]() October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) | |
![]() September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |
![]() August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |
![]() July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) | |
![]() June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |
![]() May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
![]() April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) | |
![]() March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) |
![]() February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
![]() January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) | |
![]() December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
![]() November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |
![]() October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) | |
![]() September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
In the 22nd century:
- Solar Saros 147: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2111 Aug 04
- Solar Saros 148: Total Solar Eclipse of 2122 Jul 04
- Solar Saros 149: Total Solar Eclipse of 2133 Jun 03
- Solar Saros 150: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2144 May 03
- Solar Saros 151: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2155 Apr 02
- Solar Saros 152: Total Solar Eclipse of 2166 Mar 02
- Solar Saros 153: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2177 Jan 29
- Solar Saros 154: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2187 Dec 29
- Solar Saros 155: Total Solar Eclipse of 2198 Nov 28
In the 23rd century:
- Solar Saros 156: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2209 Oct 29
- Solar Saros 157: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2220 Sep 27
- Solar Saros 158: Total Solar Eclipse of 2231 Aug 28
- Solar Saros 159: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2242 Jul 28
- Solar Saros 160: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2253 Jun 26
- Solar Saros 161: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2264 May 26
- Solar Saros 162: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2275 Apr 26
- Solar Saros 163: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2286 Mar 25
- Solar Saros 164: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2297 Feb 22
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 June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036 | ||||
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June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
![]() June 10, 1964 |
![]() March 28, 1968 |
![]() January 16, 1972 |
![]() November 3, 1975 |
![]() August 22, 1979 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
![]() June 11, 1983 |
![]() March 29, 1987 |
![]() January 15, 1991 |
![]() November 3, 1994 |
![]() August 22, 1998 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
![]() June 10, 2002 |
![]() March 29, 2006 |
![]() January 15, 2010 |
![]() November 3, 2013 |
![]() August 21, 2017 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
![]() June 10, 2021 |
![]() March 29, 2025 |
![]() January 14, 2029 |
![]() November 3, 2032 |
![]() August 21, 2036 |
References
- 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
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
- A Partial Eclipse Over the Golden Gate Bridge, APOD 6/12/2002
- Photos and videos of annular solar eclipse (Japanese)
- Spaceweather.com: June 10, 2002 solar eclipse
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