Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

A partial solar eclipse will occur on October 4, 2051. 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 October 4, 2051
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.2094
Magnitude0.6024
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°S 117.7°E / -72; 117.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:02:14
References
Saros125 (56 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9622

Solar eclipses 2051–2054

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]

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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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