Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080

A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2080. 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 September 13, 2080
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0723
Magnitude0.8743
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61.1°N 25.8°E / 61.1; 25.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse16:38:09
References
Saros126 (51 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9688

Solar eclipses 2080–2083

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]

121March 21, 2080

Partial		 126September 13, 2080

Partial
131March 10, 2081

Annular		 136September 3, 2081

Total
141February 27, 2082

Annular		 146August 24, 2082

Total
151February 16, 2083

Partial		 156August 13, 2083

Partial

Saros 126

It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810, hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864 and total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 6 minutes, 30 seconds of annularity on June 26, 1359. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.

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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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