Solar eclipse of August 3, 2054

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Solar eclipse of August 3, 2054
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.4941
Magnitude 0.0655
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 69°48′S121°18′W / 69.8°S 121.3°W / -69.8; -121.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:04:02
References
Saros 117 (71 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9629

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, August 3, 2054, [1] with a magnitude of 0.0655. 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.

Contents

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for a very small part of Antarctica. This event will be the 71st and final event in Solar Saros 117.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [2]

August 3, 2054 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2054 August 03 at 17:30:57.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2054 August 03 at 17:49:29.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2054 August 03 at 18:04:02.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2054 August 03 at 18:32:59.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2054 August 03 at 18:36:52.3 UTC
August 3, 2054 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.06558
Eclipse Obscuration0.02025
Gamma−1.49414
Sun Right Ascension08h56m24.5s
Sun Declination+17°17'09.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'45.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension08h55m14.2s
Moon Declination+15°47'22.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'41.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'16.5"
ΔT86.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of August–September 2054
August 3
Ascending node (new moon)
August 18
Descending node (full moon)
September 2
Ascending node (new moon)
SE2054Aug03P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2054Aug18.png SE2054Sep02P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

Eclipses in 2054

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Tritos

Solar Saros 117

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2054–2058

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. [3]

The partial solar eclipses on March 9, 2054 and September 2, 2054 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 22, 2058 and November 16, 2058 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2054 to 2058
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 August 3, 2054
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Partial
−1.4941122 January 27, 2055
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Partial
1.155
127 July 24, 2055
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Total
−0.8012132 January 16, 2056
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Annular
0.4199
137 July 12, 2056
SE2056Jul12A.png
Annular
−0.0426142 January 5, 2057
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Total
−0.2837
147 July 1, 2057
SE2057Jul01A.png
Annular
0.7455152 December 26, 2057
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Total
−0.9405
157 June 21, 2058
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Partial
1.4869

Saros 117

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 117, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 24, 792 AD. It contains annular eclipses from September 18, 936 AD through May 14, 1333; hybrid eclipses from May 25, 1351 through July 8, 1423; and total eclipses from July 18, 1441 through May 19, 1928. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 3, 2054. 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 was produced by member 16 at 9 minutes, 26 seconds on December 3, 1062, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 62 at 4 minutes, 19 seconds on April 26, 1892. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [4]

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.

23 eclipse events between August 3, 2054 and October 16, 2145
August 3–4May 22–24March 10–11December 27–29October 14–16
117119121123125
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August 3, 2054
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May 22, 2058
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March 11, 2062
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December 27, 2065
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October 15, 2069
127129131133135
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August 3, 2073
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May 22, 2077
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March 10, 2081
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December 27, 2084
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October 14, 2088
137139141143145
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August 3, 2092
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May 22, 2096
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March 10, 2100
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December 29, 2103
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October 16, 2107
147149151153155
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August 4, 2111
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May 24, 2115
Saros151 20van72 SE2119Mar11A.jpg
March 11, 2119
Saros153 15van70 SE2122Dec28A.jpg
December 28, 2122
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October 16, 2126
157159161163165
Saros157 05van70 SE2130Aug04P.jpg
August 4, 2130
Saros159 01van70 SE2134May23P.jpg
May 23, 2134
Saros165 01van72 SE2145Oct16P.jpg
October 16, 2145

Tritos series

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 2054 and 2200
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August 3, 2054
(Saros 117)
SE2065Jul03P.png
July 3, 2065
(Saros 118)
SE2076Jun01P.png
June 1, 2076
(Saros 119)
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May 2, 2087
(Saros 120)
SE2098Apr01P.png
April 1, 2098
(Saros 121)
SE2109Mar01P.png
March 1, 2109
(Saros 122)
Saros123 59van70 SE2120Jan30P.jpg
January 30, 2120
(Saros 123)
Saros124 61van73 SE2130Dec30P.jpg
December 30, 2130
(Saros 124)
Saros125 61van73 SE2141Nov28P.jpg
November 28, 2141
(Saros 125)
Saros126 55van72 SE2152Oct28P.jpg
October 28, 2152
(Saros 126)
Saros127 66van82 SE2163Sep28P.jpg
September 28, 2163
(Saros 127)
Saros128 67van73 SE2174Aug27P.jpg
August 27, 2174
(Saros 128)
Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg
July 26, 2185
(Saros 129)
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June 26, 2196
(Saros 130)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipses on January 12, 1823 (part of Saros 109) and December 2, 1880 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 2054 and 2200
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August 3, 2054
(Saros 117)
SE2083Jul15P.png
July 15, 2083
(Saros 118)
Saros119 71van71 SE2112Jun24P.jpg
June 24, 2112
(Saros 119)
Saros120 68van71 SE2141Jun04P.jpg
June 4, 2141
(Saros 120)
Saros121 69van71 SE2170May16P.jpg
May 16, 2170
(Saros 121)
Saros122 68van70 SE2199Apr25P.jpg
April 25, 2199
(Saros 122)

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