Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066

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Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.4043
Magnitude 1.0416
Maximum eclipse
Duration194 s (3 min 14 s)
Coordinates 47°24′S175°48′E / 47.4°S 175.8°E / -47.4; 175.8
Max. width of band152 km (94 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:23:40
References
Saros 133 (48 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9657

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, December 17, 2066, with a magnitude of 1.0416. 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.

Contents

This total eclipse follows a similar path to the eclipse on December 25–26, 2038.

Eclipses in 2066

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 133

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2065–2069

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]

The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 July 3, 2065
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Partial
1.4619123 December 27, 2065
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Partial
−1.0688
128 June 22, 2066
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Annular
0.733133 December 17, 2066
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Total
−0.4043
138 June 11, 2067
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Annular
−0.0387143 December 6, 2067
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Hybrid
0.2845
148 May 31, 2068
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Total
−0.797153 November 24, 2068
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Partial
1.0299
158 May 20, 2069
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Partial
−1.4852

Saros 133

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]

Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200:
343536
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July 17, 1814
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July 27, 1832
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August 7, 1850
373839
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August 18, 1868
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August 29, 1886
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September 9, 1904
404142
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September 21, 1922
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October 1, 1940
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October 12, 1958
434445
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October 23, 1976
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November 3, 1994
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November 13, 2012
464748
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November 25, 2030
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December 5, 2048
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December 17, 2066
495051
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December 27, 2084
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January 8, 2103
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January 19, 2121
525354
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January 30, 2139
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February 9, 2157
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February 21, 2175
55
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March 3, 2193

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
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July 23, 2036
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May 11, 2040
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February 28, 2044
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December 16, 2047
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October 4, 2051
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July 24, 2055
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May 11, 2059
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February 28, 2063
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December 17, 2066
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October 4, 2070
137139141143145
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July 24, 2074
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May 11, 2078
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February 27, 2082
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December 16, 2085
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October 4, 2089
147149151153155
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July 23, 2093
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May 11, 2097
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February 28, 2101
Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104
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October 5, 2108
157
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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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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January 1, 1805
(Saros 109)
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October 31, 1826
(Saros 111)
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August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)
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July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)
SE1870Jun28P.gif
June 28, 1870
(Saros 115)
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May 27, 1881
(Saros 116)
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April 26, 1892
(Saros 117)
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March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)
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February 25, 1914
(Saros 119)
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January 24, 1925
(Saros 120)
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December 25, 1935
(Saros 121)
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November 23, 1946
(Saros 122)
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October 23, 1957
(Saros 123)
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September 22, 1968
(Saros 124)
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August 22, 1979
(Saros 125)
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July 22, 1990
(Saros 126)
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June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)
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May 20, 2012
(Saros 128)
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April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)
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March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)
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February 16, 2045
(Saros 131)
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January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)
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December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)
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November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)
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October 14, 2088
(Saros 135)
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September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)
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August 15, 2110
(Saros 137)
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July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
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June 13, 2132
(Saros 139)
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May 14, 2143
(Saros 140)
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April 12, 2154
(Saros 141)
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March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)
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February 10, 2176
(Saros 143)
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January 9, 2187
(Saros 144)
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December 9, 2197
(Saros 145)

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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June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)
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May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)
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May 6, 1864
(Saros 126)
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April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)
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March 28, 1922
(Saros 128)
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March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)
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February 16, 1980
(Saros 130)
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January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)
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January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)
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December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)
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November 27, 2095
(Saros 134)
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November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)
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October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)
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September 27, 2182
(Saros 137)

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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