Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

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Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
Partial eclipse
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Map
Gamma −1.0661
Magnitude 0.8816
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 66°24′S6°36′W / 66.4°S 6.6°W / -66.4; -6.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:50:12
References
Saros 123 (55 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9614

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17, 2047, [1] with a magnitude of 0.8816. 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

This will be the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2047, with the others occurring on January 26, June 23, and July 22.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southern Chile, and southern Argentina.

Images

SE2047Dec16P.gif
Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of December 16, 2047
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Casey Station [a] 06:12:0007:00:2907:50:551:3939.55%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Davis Station [a] 05:18:4806:07:4506:58:101:3960.59%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Macquarie Island [a] 10:06:1410:10:1010:14:050:080.01%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Dumont d'Urville Station [a] 08:22:3209:10:2309:59:521:3725.26%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Mawson Station [a] 03:23:1004:11:2405:00:521:3867.61%
Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.svg  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Port-aux-Français [a] 04:07:42 (sunrise)04:11:5704:30:280:2320.33%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Concordia Station [a] 06:26:2207:18:2908:11:561:4646.82%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Zucchelli Station [a] 11:40:5512:33:5613:27:321:4736.33%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica McMurdo Station [a] 11:43:0812:37:0713:31:311:4843.02%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Troll 22:54:3423:43:1900:32:04 [b] 1:3884.32%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Neumayer Station III 23:00:2823:49:0100:37:22 [b] 1:3785.03%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Belgrano II Base 20:04:2920:55:4721:46:351:4279.07%
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands Stanley 20:47:2321:02:0421:06:40 (sunset)0:1917.73%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Bariloche 21:11:0221:12:5521:14:47 (sunset)0:040.73%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia 21:01:2621:13:2021:17:09 (sunset)0:1611.93%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Orcadas Base 20:28:4221:16:0921:28:13 (sunset)1:0077.66%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Valdivia 21:14:3221:16:2021:18:08 (sunset)0:040.66%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Osorno 21:13:1521:16:5121:20:12 (sunset)0:071.87%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica San Martín Base 20:27:2221:18:1222:07:391:4071.56%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Marambio Base 20:29:5021:19:0022:06:541:3774.70%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Rothera Research Station 20:28:3321:19:2022:08:411:4070.90%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Esperanza Base 20:31:1021:20:0922:07:501:3774.16%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Palmer Station 20:31:4721:21:3722:10:011:3871.62%
Blank flag.svg  Antarctica Carlini Base 20:33:3121:22:1822:09:451:3672.81%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Coyhaique 21:04:4721:30:3121:34:18 (sunset)0:3031.50%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Puerto Williams 20:48:1221:35:2722:06:02 (sunset)1:1862.10%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ushuaia 20:48:4421:35:5922:07:58 (sunset)1:1961.54%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Río Grande 20:49:5821:36:5121:58:41 (sunset)1:0960.78%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Punta Arenas 20:52:3021:39:2022:07:34 (sunset)1:1558.05%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina El Calafate 20:57:3421:43:2321:57:01 (sunset)0:5953.63%
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. [2]

December 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2047 December 16 at 21:54:51.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2047 December 16 at 23:39:29.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2047 December 16 at 23:43:45.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2047 December 16 at 23:50:12.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2047 December 17 at 01:45:38.8 UTC
December 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.88166
Eclipse Obscuration0.85529
Gamma−1.06605
Sun Right Ascension17h37m56.6s
Sun Declination-23°20'10.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension17h38m13.1s
Moon Declination-24°24'51.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'35.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'54.9"
ΔT82.9 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.

Eclipse season of December 2047–January 2048
December 16
Ascending node (new moon)
January 1
Descending node (full moon)
SE2047Dec16P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2048Jan01.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 123
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 135

Eclipses in 2047

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 123

Inex

Triad

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. [3]

The partial solar eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2047 to 2050
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 June 23, 2047
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Partial
1.3766123 December 16, 2047
SE2047Dec16P.png
Partial
−1.0661
128 June 11, 2048
SE2048Jun11A.png
Annular
0.6468133 December 5, 2048
SE2048Dec05T.png
Total
−0.3973
138 May 31, 2049
SE2049May31A.png
Annular
−0.1187143 November 25, 2049
SE2049Nov25H.png
Hybrid
0.2943
148 May 20, 2050
SE2050May20H.png
Hybrid
−0.8688153 November 14, 2050
SE2050Nov14P.png
Partial
1.0447

Saros 123

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651; hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705; and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. 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 19 at 8 minutes, 7 seconds on November 9, 1398, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 42 at 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 42–63 occur between 1801 and 2200:
424344
SE1813Jul27T.gif
July 27, 1813
SE1831Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1831
SE1849Aug18T.gif
August 18, 1849
454647
SE1867Aug29T.png
August 29, 1867
SE1885Sep08T.png
September 8, 1885
SE1903Sep21T.png
September 21, 1903
484950
SE1921Oct01T.png
October 1, 1921
SE1939Oct12T.png
October 12, 1939
SE1957Oct23T.png
October 23, 1957
515253
SE1975Nov03P.png
November 3, 1975
SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993
SE2011Nov25P.png
November 25, 2011
545556
SE2029Dec05P.png
December 5, 2029
SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047
SE2065Dec27P.png
December 27, 2065
575859
SE2084Jan07P.png
January 7, 2084
Saros123 58van70 SE2102Jan19P.jpg
January 19, 2102
Saros123 59van70 SE2120Jan30P.jpg
January 30, 2120
606162
Saros123 60van70 SE2138Feb09P.jpg
February 9, 2138
Saros123 61van70 SE2156Feb21P.jpg
February 21, 2156
Saros123 62van70 SE2174Mar03P.jpg
March 3, 2174
63
Saros123 63van70 SE2192Mar13P.jpg
March 13, 2192

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 between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112
July 23–24May 11February 27–28December 16–17October 4–5
117119121123125
SE2036Jul23P.png
July 23, 2036
SE2040May11P.png
May 11, 2040
SE2044Feb28A.png
February 28, 2044
SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047
SE2051Oct04P.png
October 4, 2051
127129131133135
SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055
SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063
SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066
SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
137139141143145
SE2074Jul24A.png
July 24, 2074
SE2078May11T.png
May 11, 2078
SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082
SE2085Dec16A.png
December 16, 2085
SE2089Oct04T.png
October 4, 2089
147149151153155
SE2093Jul23A.png
July 23, 2093
SE2097May11T.png
May 11, 2097
SE2101Feb28A.png
February 28, 2101
Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104
Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg
October 5, 2108
157
Saros157 04van70 SE2112Jul23P.jpg
July 23, 2112

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 March 27, 1884 (part of Saros 108) and December 24, 1916 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1971 and 2200
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July 22, 1971
(Saros 116)
SE1982Jun21P.png
June 21, 1982
(Saros 117)
SE1993May21P.png
May 21, 1993
(Saros 118)
SE2004Apr19P.png
April 19, 2004
(Saros 119)
SE2015Mar20T.png
March 20, 2015
(Saros 120)
SE2026Feb17A.png
February 17, 2026
(Saros 121)
SE2037Jan16P.png
January 16, 2037
(Saros 122)
SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047
(Saros 123)
SE2058Nov16P.png
November 16, 2058
(Saros 124)
SE2069Oct15P.png
October 15, 2069
(Saros 125)
SE2080Sep13P.png
September 13, 2080
(Saros 126)
SE2091Aug15T.png
August 15, 2091
(Saros 127)
SE2102Jul15A.png
July 15, 2102
(Saros 128)
SE2113Jun13T.png
June 13, 2113
(Saros 129)
SE2124May14T.png
May 14, 2124
(Saros 130)
SE2135Apr13A.png
April 13, 2135
(Saros 131)
SE2146Mar12A.png
March 12, 2146
(Saros 132)
SE2157Feb09T.png
February 9, 2157
(Saros 133)
SE2168Jan10A.png
January 10, 2168
(Saros 134)
SE2178Dec09A.png
December 9, 2178
(Saros 135)
SE2189Nov08T.png
November 8, 2189
(Saros 136)
SE2200Oct09A.png
October 9, 2200
(Saros 137)

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
SE1816May27A.gif
May 27, 1816
(Saros 115)
SE1845May06An.gif
May 6, 1845
(Saros 116)
SE1874Apr16T.png
April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)
SE1903Mar29A.png
March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)
SE1932Mar07A.png
March 7, 1932
(Saros 119)
SE1961Feb15T.png
February 15, 1961
(Saros 120)
SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990
(Saros 121)
SE2019Jan06P.png
January 6, 2019
(Saros 122)
SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047
(Saros 123)
SE2076Nov26P.png
November 26, 2076
(Saros 124)
Saros125 59van73 SE2105Nov06P.jpg
November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)
Saros126 54van72 SE2134Oct17P.jpg
October 17, 2134
(Saros 126)
Saros127 66van82 SE2163Sep28P.jpg
September 28, 2163
(Saros 127)
Saros128 68van73 SE2192Sep06P.jpg
September 6, 2192
(Saros 128)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The times listed for this location occur on December 17, 2047, local time.
  2. 1 2 The time listed here for this location occurs on December 17, 2047, local time.

References

  1. 1 2 "December 16–17, 2047 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2047 Dec 16". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. 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.
  4. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 123". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.