Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053

Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.314
Magnitude 1.0328
Maximum eclipse
Duration 184 sec (3 m 4 s)
Coordinates 21°30′N 41°42′E / 21.5°N 41.7°E / 21.5; 41.7
Max. width of band 116 km (72 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 9:34:09
References
Saros 145 (24 of 77)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9626

A total solar eclipse will occur on September 12, 2053. 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.

Solar eclipses 2051–2054

Each member 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.

120April 11, 2051

Partial		 125October 4, 2051

Partial
130March 30, 2052

Total		 135September 22, 2052

Annular
140March 20, 2053

Annular		 145September 12, 2053

Total
150March 9, 2054

Partial		 155September 2, 2054

Partial

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).

References

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