Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039

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Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
Total eclipse
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Map
Gamma −0.9458
Magnitude 1.0356
Maximum eclipse
Duration111 s (1 min 51 s)
Coordinates 80°54′S172°48′E / 80.9°S 172.8°E / -80.9; 172.8
Max. width of band380 km (240 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse16:23:46
References
Saros 152 (14 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9596

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 15, 2039, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0356. 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. Occurring about 4.5 hours before perigee (on December 15, 2039, at 20:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

The totality of the eclipse begins in the southern Pacific Ocean, passing over much of Antarctica and closely reaching the South Pole. A partial eclipse will be visible in the southern extremities of South America and Africa. It will terminate in the southern Indian Ocean several hours later. [3]

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing total eclipse

Solar Eclipse of December 15, 2039
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Davis Station 23:05:3123:53:3923:54:2323:55:0800:42:34 [a] 1:291:371.0155
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of December 15, 2039
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia Gambier Islands 05:19:3905:47:2906:16:350:577.89%
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg  Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 06:20:4406:48:2607:17:260:577.00%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Chatham Islands [b] 05:42:22 (sunrise)05:45:5906:04:000:2225.97%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Dumont d'Urville Station [b] 01:32:2402:19:3503:07:201:3590.73%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica McMurdo Station [b] 04:28:0305:19:4406:12:101:4499.36%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Punta Arenas 12:42:3113:22:5814:03:531:217.53%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ushuaia 12:44:1913:28:1014:12:181:2810.10%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Río Grande 12:47:3813:28:3714:09:491:227.82%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Puerto Williams 12:45:2313:29:2014:13:311:2810.18%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Concordia Station 23:42:1100:31:43 [a] 01:21:24 [a] 1:3994.33%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica San Martín Base 12:36:0713:34:2014:32:371:5743.71%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Palmer Station 12:40:0313:36:3814:33:061:5333.99%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Casey Station 23:49:5500:37:35 [a] 01:23:40 [a] 1:3492.52%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Carlini Base 12:48:1313:42:2914:36:141:4826.36%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Esperanza Base 12:48:5413:44:0614:38:401:5029.33%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Marambio Base 12:48:2613:44:1614:39:271:5131.59%
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands Stanley 13:15:2913:45:0414:14:240:592.59%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Belgrano II Base 12:50:5013:48:4514:45:511:5568.92%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Orcadas Base 13:06:5113:58:4714:49:161:4222.80%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Mawson Station 21:12:4422:02:2422:51:011:3895.51%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Troll 16:11:4817:07:1918:01:041:4967.60%
Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands King Edward Point 14:33:3915:14:3815:54:061:209.62%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Marion Island 19:51:2720:15:0920:19:06 (sunset)0:2829.59%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Gqeberha 19:23:1119:23:5519:24:41 (sunset)0:020.11%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Knysna 19:25:3919:32:0519:35:06 (sunset)0:092.39%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa George 19:26:2719:34:1419:37:14 (sunset)0:113.00%
Flag of Norway.svg  Bouvet Island Bouvet Island 17:48:3418:36:1819:21:361:3333.65%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Hermanus 19:28:4419:43:1219:51:22 (sunset)0:235.69%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Stellenbosch 19:30:2619:48:3519:51:35 (sunset)0:216.51%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town 19:30:5819:50:1919:53:19 (sunset)0:226.62%
References: [1]

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. [4]

December 15, 2039 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2039 December 15 at 14:18:57.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2039 December 15 at 15:48:33.4 UTC
First Central Line2039 December 15 at 15:51:02.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2039 December 15 at 15:53:42.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2039 December 15 at 16:23:45.9 UTC
Greatest Duration2039 December 15 at 16:23:51.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2039 December 15 at 16:33:15.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2039 December 15 at 16:38:03.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2039 December 15 at 16:53:39.5 UTC
Last Central Line2039 December 15 at 16:56:19.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2039 December 15 at 16:58:49.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2039 December 15 at 18:28:28.1 UTC
December 15, 2039 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.03558
Eclipse Obscuration1.07243
Gamma−0.94577
Sun Right Ascension17h31m51.4s
Sun Declination-23°16'37.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'14.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension17h31m14.4s
Moon Declination-24°13'58.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'44.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'26.8"
ΔT78.5 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.

Eclipse season of November–December 2039
November 30
Ascending node (full moon)
December 15
Descending node (new moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-2039Nov30.png SE2039Dec15T.png
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152

Eclipses in 2039

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 152

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2036–2039

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. [5]

The partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 July 23, 2036
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Partial
−1.425122 January 16, 2037
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Partial
1.1477
127 July 13, 2037
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Total
−0.7246132 January 5, 2038
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Annular
0.4169
137 July 2, 2038
SE2038Jul02A.png
Annular
0.0398142 December 26, 2038
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Total
−0.2881
147 June 21, 2039
SE2039Jun21A.png
Annular
0.8312152 December 15, 2039
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Total
−0.9458

Saros 152

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 152, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It contains total eclipses from November 2, 1967 through September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508 through October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562 through June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. 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 totality will be produced by member 30 at 5 minutes, 16 seconds on June 9, 2328, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 53 at 5 minutes, 20 seconds on February 16, 2743. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [6]

Series members 1–22 occur between 1805 and 2200:
123
SE1805Jul26Pb.gif
July 26, 1805
SE1823Aug06P.gif
August 6, 1823
SE1841Aug16P.gif
August 16, 1841
456
SE1859Aug28P.gif
August 28, 1859
SE1877Sep07P.gif
September 7, 1877
SE1895Sep18P.gif
September 18, 1895
789
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September 30, 1913
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October 11, 1931
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October 21, 1949
101112
SE1967Nov02T.png
November 2, 1967
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November 12, 1985
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November 23, 2003
131415
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December 4, 2021
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December 15, 2039
SE2057Dec26T.png
December 26, 2057
161718
SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076
SE2094Jan16T.png
January 16, 2094
Saros152 18van70 SE2112Jan29T.jpg
January 29, 2112
192021
Saros152 19van70 SE2130Feb08T.jpg
February 8, 2130
Saros152 20van70 SE2148Feb19T.jpg
February 19, 2148
Saros152 21van70 SE2166Mar02T.jpg
March 2, 2166
22
Saros152 22van70 SE2184Mar12T.jpg
March 12, 2184

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 descending node.

21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 22May 9–11February 26–27December 14–15October 2–3
116118120122124
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July 22, 1971
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May 11, 1975
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February 26, 1979
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December 15, 1982
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October 3, 1986
126128130132134
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July 22, 1990
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May 10, 1994
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February 26, 1998
SE2001Dec14A.png
December 14, 2001
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October 3, 2005
136138140142144
SE2009Jul22T.png
July 22, 2009
SE2013May10A.png
May 10, 2013
SE2017Feb26A.png
February 26, 2017
SE2020Dec14T.png
December 14, 2020
SE2024Oct02A.png
October 2, 2024
146148150152154
SE2028Jul22T.png
July 22, 2028
SE2032May09A.png
May 9, 2032
SE2036Feb27P.png
February 27, 2036
SE2039Dec15T.png
December 15, 2039
SE2043Oct03A.png
October 3, 2043
156
SE2047Jul22P.png
July 22, 2047

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.

The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2105
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September 28, 1810
(Saros 131)
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August 27, 1821
(Saros 132)
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July 27, 1832
(Saros 133)
SE1843Jun27H.gif
June 27, 1843
(Saros 134)
SE1854May26A.png
May 26, 1854
(Saros 135)
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April 25, 1865
(Saros 136)
SE1876Mar25A.gif
March 25, 1876
(Saros 137)
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February 22, 1887
(Saros 138)
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January 22, 1898
(Saros 139)
SE1908Dec23H.png
December 23, 1908
(Saros 140)
SE1919Nov22A.png
November 22, 1919
(Saros 141)
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October 21, 1930
(Saros 142)
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September 21, 1941
(Saros 143)
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August 20, 1952
(Saros 144)
SE1963Jul20T.png
July 20, 1963
(Saros 145)
SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)
SE1985May19P.png
May 19, 1985
(Saros 147)
SE1996Apr17P.png
April 17, 1996
(Saros 148)
SE2007Mar19P.png
March 19, 2007
(Saros 149)
SE2018Feb15P.png
February 15, 2018
(Saros 150)
SE2029Jan14P.png
January 14, 2029
(Saros 151)
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December 15, 2039
(Saros 152)
SE2050Nov14P.png
November 14, 2050
(Saros 153)
SE2061Oct13A.png
October 13, 2061
(Saros 154)
SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
(Saros 155)
SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
(Saros 156)
SE2094Jul12P.png
July 12, 2094
(Saros 157)
Saros158 03van70 SE2105Jun12P.jpg
June 12, 2105
(Saros 158)

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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May 25, 1808
(Saros 144)
SE1837May04P.gif
May 4, 1837
(Saros 145)
SE1866Apr15P.gif
April 15, 1866
(Saros 146)
SE1895Mar26P.gif
March 26, 1895
(Saros 147)
SE1924Mar05P.png
March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)
SE1953Feb14P.png
February 14, 1953
(Saros 149)
SE1982Jan25P.png
January 24, 1982
(Saros 150)
SE2011Jan04P.png
January 4, 2011
(Saros 151)
SE2039Dec15T.png
December 15, 2039
(Saros 152)
SE2068Nov24P.png
November 24, 2068
(Saros 153)
SE2097Nov04A.png
November 4, 2097
(Saros 154)
Saros155 12van71 SE2126Oct16T.jpg
October 16, 2126
(Saros 155)
Saros156 09van69 SE2155Sep26A.jpg
September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)
Saros157 08van70 SE2184Sep04A.jpg
September 4, 2184
(Saros 157)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The time listed here for this location occurs on December 16, 2039, local time.
  2. 1 2 3 The times listed for this location occur on December 16, 2039, local time.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "December 15, 2039 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. "Path of Total Solar Eclipse of 2039 Dec 15". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Website. NASA. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2039 Dec 15". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. 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.
  6. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.