Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

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Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.0609
Magnitude 0.8911
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 67°30′S135°42′E / 67.5°S 135.7°E / -67.5; 135.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:03:58
References
Saros 123 (54 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9574

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 5, 2029, [1] with a magnitude of 0.8911. 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 2029, with the others occurring on January 14, June 12, and July 11.

A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of extreme southern Chile and Argentina and much of Antarctica.

Images

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Animated path

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 5, 2029 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2029 December 05 at 13:07:52.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2029 December 05 at 14:53:17.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2029 December 05 at 15:03:58.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2029 December 05 at 15:06:38.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2029 December 05 at 17:00:04.9 UTC
December 5, 2029 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.89107
Eclipse Obscuration0.86718
Gamma−1.06090
Sun Right Ascension16h49m34.2s
Sun Declination-22°26'54.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'13.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension16h49m27.4s
Moon Declination-23°31'15.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'34.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'49.1"
ΔT73.8 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 2029
December 5
Ascending node (new moon)
December 20
Descending node (full moon)
SE2029Dec05P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2029Dec20.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 123
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 135

Eclipses in 2029

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 123

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2029–2032

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 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029 to 2032
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 June 12, 2029
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Partial
1.29431123 December 5, 2029
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Partial
−1.06090
128 June 1, 2030
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Annular
0.56265133 November 25, 2030
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Total
−0.38669
138 May 21, 2031
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Annular
−0.19699143 November 14, 2031
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Hybrid
0.30776
148 May 9, 2032
SE2032May09A.png
Annular
−0.93748153 November 3, 2032
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Partial
1.06431

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
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July 27, 1813
SE1831Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1831
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August 18, 1849
454647
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August 29, 1867
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September 8, 1885
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September 21, 1903
484950
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October 1, 1921
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October 12, 1939
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October 23, 1957
515253
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November 3, 1975
SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993
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November 25, 2011
545556
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December 5, 2029
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December 16, 2047
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December 27, 2065
575859
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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 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13April 30–May 1February 16–17December 5–6September 22–23
117119121123125
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July 13, 2018
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April 30, 2022
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February 17, 2026
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December 5, 2029
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September 23, 2033
127129131133135
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July 13, 2037
SE2041Apr30T.png
April 30, 2041
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February 16, 2045
SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048
SE2052Sep22A.png
September 22, 2052
137139141143145
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July 12, 2056
SE2060Apr30T.png
April 30, 2060
SE2064Feb17A.png
February 17, 2064
SE2067Dec06H.png
December 6, 2067
SE2071Sep23T.png
September 23, 2071
147149151153155
SE2075Jul13A.png
July 13, 2075
SE2079May01T.png
May 1, 2079
SE2083Feb16P.png
February 16, 2083
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December 6, 2086
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September 23, 2090
157
SE2094Jul12P.png
July 12, 2094

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 1866 and 2200
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March 16, 1866
(Saros 108)
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December 13, 1898
(Saros 111)
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September 12, 1931
(Saros 114)
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August 12, 1942
(Saros 115)
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July 11, 1953
(Saros 116)
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June 10, 1964
(Saros 117)
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May 11, 1975
(Saros 118)
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April 9, 1986
(Saros 119)
SE1997Mar09T.png
March 9, 1997
(Saros 120)
SE2008Feb07A.png
February 7, 2008
(Saros 121)
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January 6, 2019
(Saros 122)
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December 5, 2029
(Saros 123)
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November 4, 2040
(Saros 124)
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October 4, 2051
(Saros 125)
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September 3, 2062
(Saros 126)
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August 3, 2073
(Saros 127)
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July 3, 2084
(Saros 128)
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June 2, 2095
(Saros 129)
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May 3, 2106
(Saros 130)
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April 2, 2117
(Saros 131)
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March 1, 2128
(Saros 132)
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January 30, 2139
(Saros 133)
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December 30, 2149
(Saros 134)
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November 27, 2160
(Saros 135)
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October 29, 2171
(Saros 136)
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September 27, 2182
(Saros 137)
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August 26, 2193
(Saros 138)

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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April 26, 1827
(Saros 116)
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April 5, 1856
(Saros 117)
SE1885Mar16A.gif
March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)
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February 25, 1914
(Saros 119)
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February 4, 1943
(Saros 120)
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January 16, 1972
(Saros 121)
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December 25, 2000
(Saros 122)
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December 5, 2029
(Saros 123)
SE2058Nov16P.png
November 16, 2058
(Saros 124)
SE2087Oct26P.png
October 26, 2087
(Saros 125)
Saros126 53van72 SE2116Oct06P.jpg
October 6, 2116
(Saros 126)
Saros127 65van82 SE2145Sep16P.jpg
September 16, 2145
(Saros 127)
Saros128 67van73 SE2174Aug27P.jpg
August 27, 2174
(Saros 128)

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