Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | -0.3973 |
Magnitude | 1.044 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 208 sec (3 m 28 s) |
Coordinates | 46°06′S 56°24′W / 46.1°S 56.4°W |
Max. width of band | 160 km (99 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 15:35:27 |
References | |
Saros | 133 (47 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9616 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on December 5, 2048. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses[]
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.
Solar eclipse sets from 2047–2050 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
118 | June 23, 2047![]() Partial |
123 | December 16, 2047![]() Partial | |
128 | June 11, 2048![]() Annular |
133 | December 5, 2048![]() Total | |
138 | May 31, 2049![]() Annular |
143 | November 25, 2049![]() Hybrid | |
148 | May 20, 2050![]() Hybrid |
153 | November 14, 2050![]() Partial |
Saros 133[]
Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 49.97 seconds on August 7, 1850.[2] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.
Series members 30–56 occur between 1742 and 2211 | ||
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30 | 31 | 32 |
![]() June 24, 1778 | ||
33 | 34 | 35 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
![]() August 18, 1868 |
![]() August 29, 1886 | |
39 | 40 | 41 |
![]() September 9, 1904 |
![]() September 21, 1922 |
![]() October 1, 1940 |
42 | 43 | 44 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
![]() October 23, 1976 |
![]() November 3, 1994 |
45 | 46 | 47 |
![]() November 13, 2012 |
![]() November 25, 2030 |
![]() December 5, 2048 |
48 | 49 | 50 |
![]() December 17, 2066 |
![]() December 27, 2084 |
![]() January 8, 2103 |
51 | 52 | 53 |
![]() January 19, 2121 |
![]() January 30, 2139 |
![]() February 9, 2157 |
54 | 55 | 56 |
![]() February 21, 2175 |
![]() March 3, 2193 |
![]() March 15, 2211 |
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 | ||||
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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 |
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.
- ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros133.html
External links[]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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