Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2285 |
Magnitude | 0.9255 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 509 s (8 min 29 s) |
Coordinates | 27°48′S 83°18′W / 27.8°S 83.3°W |
Max. width of band | 287 km (178 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 16:55:44 |
References | |
Saros | 144 (20 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9684 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, November 4, 2078, with a magnitude of 0.9255. 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. The path of annularity will cross the Pacific Ocean, South America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Eclipse Details[edit]
- Eclipse Magnitude = 0.92551
- Eclipse Obscuration = 0.85657
- Gamma = -0.22852
- Greatest Eclipse = 04 Nov 2078 16:53:57.5 UTC (16:55:44.4 TD)
- Delta T = 1 minute, 46.9 seconds
- Annularity Duration at Greatest Eclipse = 8 minutes, 29 seconds, 80 milliseconds
- Annularity Duration at Greatest Duration = 8 minutes, 31 seconds, 940 milliseconds
- Path Width at Greatest Eclipse = 287.5 km (178.6 mi)
- Path Width at Greatest Duration = 286.0 km (177.7 mi)
- Moon diameter = 1764.8 arcseconds
- Sun diameter = 1935.0 arcseconds
- Moon declination = 15 degrees, 49 minutes, 24.5 seconds south of the Celestial equator
- Sun declination = 15 degrees, 38 minutes, 7.6 seconds south of the Celestial equator
- Moon right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 33.5 seconds
- Sun right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 53.9 seconds
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 2078[edit]
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 27, 2078.
- A total solar eclipse on May 11, 2078.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 21, 2078.
- An annular solar eclipse on November 4, 2078.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 19, 2078.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2069
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 10, 2087
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2089
Solar Saros 144[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 16, 2107
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 5, 2165
Solar eclipses of 2076–2079[edit]
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]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2076 to 2079 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
119 | June 1, 2076 Partial |
124 | November 26, 2076 Partial | |
129 | May 22, 2077 Total |
134 | November 15, 2077 Annular | |
139 | May 11, 2078 Total |
144 | November 4, 2078 Annular | |
149 | May 1, 2079 Total |
154 | October 24, 2079 Annular |
Saros 144[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 5–26 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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5 | 6 | 7 |
May 25, 1808 |
June 5, 1826 |
June 16, 1844 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
June 27, 1862 |
July 7, 1880 |
July 18, 1898 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
July 30, 1916 |
August 10, 1934 |
August 20, 1952 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
August 31, 1970 |
September 11, 1988 |
September 22, 2006 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
October 2, 2024 |
October 14, 2042 |
October 24, 2060 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
November 4, 2078 |
November 15, 2096 |
November 27, 2114 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
December 7, 2132 |
December 19, 2150 |
December 29, 2168 |
26 | ||
January 9, 2187 |
Tritos series[edit]
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 August 4, 2111
- Solar saros 148: total solar eclipse of July 4, 2122
- Solar saros 149: total solar eclipse of June 3, 2133
- Solar saros 150: annular solar eclipse of May 3, 2144
- Solar saros 151: annular solar eclipse of April 2, 2155
- Solar saros 152: total solar eclipse of March 2, 2166
- Solar saros 153: annular solar eclipse of January 29, 2177
- Solar saros 154: annular solar eclipse of December 29, 2187
- Solar saros 155: total solar eclipse of November 28, 2198
In the 23rd century:
- Solar saros 156: annular solar eclipse of October 29, 2209
- Solar saros 157: annular solar eclipse of September 27, 2220
- Solar saros 158: total solar eclipse of August 28, 2231
- Solar saros 159: partial solar eclipse of July 28, 2242
- Solar saros 160: partial solar eclipse of June 26, 2253
- Solar saros 161: partial solar eclipse of May 26, 2264
- Solar saros 162: partial solar eclipse of April 26, 2275
- Solar saros 163: partial solar eclipse of March 25, 2286
- Solar saros 164: partial solar eclipse of February 22, 2297
Metonic series[edit]
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).
21 eclipse events between June 12, 2029 and June 12, 2105 | ||||
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June 11–12 | March 30–31 | January 16 | November 4–5 | August 23–24 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
June 12, 2029 |
March 30, 2033 |
January 16, 2037 |
November 4, 2040 |
August 23, 2044 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
June 11, 2048 |
March 30, 2052 |
January 16, 2056 |
November 5, 2059 |
August 24, 2063 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
June 11, 2067 |
March 31, 2071 |
January 16, 2075 |
November 4, 2078 |
August 24, 2082 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
June 11, 2086 |
March 31, 2090 |
January 16, 2094 |
November 4, 2097 |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 144". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC