Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057

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Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.9405
Magnitude 1.0348
Maximum eclipse
Duration110 s (1 min 50 s)
Coordinates 84°54′S21°48′E / 84.9°S 21.8°E / -84.9; 21.8
Max. width of band355 km (221 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:14:35
References
Saros 152 (15 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9636

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Tuesday, December 25 and Wednesday, December 26, 2057, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0348. 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 only about 6.5 hours before perigee (on December 26, 2057, at 7:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Antarctica.

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. [3]

December 26, 2057 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2057 December 25 at 23:09:17.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2057 December 26 at 00:38:01.5 UTC
First Central Line2057 December 26 at 00:40:19.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2057 December 26 at 00:42:45.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2057 December 26 at 01:14:35.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2057 December 26 at 01:14:43.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2057 December 26 at 01:20:32.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2057 December 26 at 01:24:01.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2057 December 26 at 01:46:20.1 UTC
Last Central Line2057 December 26 at 01:48:47.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2057 December 26 at 01:51:05.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2057 December 26 at 03:19:49.8 UTC
December 26, 2057 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.03478
Eclipse Obscuration1.07077
Gamma−0.94050
Sun Right Ascension18h20m37.6s
Sun Declination-23°20'50.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension18h20m22.1s
Moon Declination-24°18'21.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'44.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'25.8"
ΔT89.1 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 2057
December 11
Ascending node (full moon)
December 26
Descending node (new moon)
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Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152

Eclipses in 2057

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 152

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. [4]

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
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Annular
−0.0426142 January 5, 2057
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Total
−0.2837
147 July 1, 2057
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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 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. [5]

Series members 1–22 occur between 1805 and 2200:
123
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July 26, 1805
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August 6, 1823
SE1841Aug16P.gif
August 16, 1841
456
SE1859Aug28P.gif
August 28, 1859
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September 7, 1877
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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
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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
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December 26, 2057
161718
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January 6, 2076
SE2094Jan16T.png
January 16, 2094
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January 29, 2112
192021
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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 May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069
May 20–21March 9December 25–26October 13–14August 1–2
118120122124126
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May 21, 1993
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March 9, 1997
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December 25, 2000
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October 14, 2004
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August 1, 2008
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May 20, 2012
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March 9, 2016
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December 26, 2019
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October 14, 2023
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August 2, 2027
138140142144146
SE2031May21A.png
May 21, 2031
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March 9, 2035
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December 26, 2038
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October 14, 2042
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August 2, 2046
148150152154156
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May 20, 2050
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March 9, 2054
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December 26, 2057
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October 13, 2061
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August 2, 2065
158
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May 20, 2069

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 18, 2188 (part of Saros 164) and November 18, 2199 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2134
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December 10, 1806
(Saros 129)
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November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)
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October 9, 1828
(Saros 131)
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September 7, 1839
(Saros 132)
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August 7, 1850
(Saros 133)
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July 8, 1861
(Saros 134)
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June 6, 1872
(Saros 135)
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May 6, 1883
(Saros 136)
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April 6, 1894
(Saros 137)
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March 6, 1905
(Saros 138)
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February 3, 1916
(Saros 139)
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January 3, 1927
(Saros 140)
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December 2, 1937
(Saros 141)
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November 1, 1948
(Saros 142)
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October 2, 1959
(Saros 143)
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August 31, 1970
(Saros 144)
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July 31, 1981
(Saros 145)
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June 30, 1992
(Saros 146)
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May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)
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April 29, 2014
(Saros 148)
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March 29, 2025
(Saros 149)
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February 27, 2036
(Saros 150)
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January 26, 2047
(Saros 151)
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December 26, 2057
(Saros 152)
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November 24, 2068
(Saros 153)
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October 24, 2079
(Saros 154)
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September 23, 2090
(Saros 155)
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August 24, 2101
(Saros 156)
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July 23, 2112
(Saros 157)
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June 23, 2123
(Saros 158)
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May 23, 2134
(Saros 159)

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 5, 1826
(Saros 144)
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May 16, 1855
(Saros 145)
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April 25, 1884
(Saros 146)
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April 6, 1913
(Saros 147)
SE1942Mar16P.png
March 16, 1942
(Saros 148)
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February 25, 1971
(Saros 149)
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February 5, 2000
(Saros 150)
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January 14, 2029
(Saros 151)
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December 26, 2057
(Saros 152)
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December 6, 2086
(Saros 153)
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November 16, 2115
(Saros 154)
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October 26, 2144
(Saros 155)
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October 7, 2173
(Saros 156)

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