Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046

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Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046
Annular eclipse
SE2046Feb05A.png
Map
Gamma 0.3765
Magnitude 0.9232
Maximum eclipse
Duration582 s (9 min 42 s)
Coordinates 4°48′N171°24′W / 4.8°N 171.4°W / 4.8; -171.4
Max. width of band310 km (190 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:06:26
References
Saros 141 (25 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9609

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, February 5 and Tuesday, February 6, 2046, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9232. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.25 days before apogee (on February 8, 2046, at 5:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller. [2]

Contents

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of eastern Indonesia (specifically Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Hawaii, and California, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Oceania, and western North America.

Images

SE2046Feb05A.gif
Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of February 5, 2046
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jayapura [a] 05:44:47 (sunrise)06:13:0706:16:2906:19:5007:39:476:431:5583.27%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Manokwari [a] 06:13:15 (sunrise)06:13:1706:17:1606:18:4707:33:015:301:2082.96%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Rabaul [a] 06:05:3707:20:5207:23:5007:26:4808:59:385:562:5483.85%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Buka [a] 07:05:3808:21:5808:25:4908:29:4310:04:187:452:5983.99%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Arawa [a] 07:05:3308:22:5208:26:2308:29:5410:05:357:023:0084.04%
Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg  United States Minor Outlying Islands Baker Island 08:45:1610:35:1610:39:5910:44:4212:40:029:263:5585.32%
Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg  United States Minor Outlying Islands Howland Island 08:46:0010:36:1010:40:5810:45:4512:41:079:353:5585.31%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kailua-Kona 12:20:2414:08:2014:11:1614:14:1215:47:195:523:2784.85%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nāpili-Honokōwai 12:21:2314:07:5414:12:0214:16:0915:48:048:153:2784.82%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wailuku 12:21:3814:07:5814:12:1314:16:2715:48:098:293:2784.82%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Gooding 16:40:4017:52:3817:53:0317:57:2217:57:22 (sunset)4:441:1782.87%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Medford 15:35:0216:50:5716:53:4816:56:4017:31:18 (sunset)5:431:5683.12%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Eureka 15:34:0816:50:2616:53:5516:57:2317:39:29 (sunset)6:572:0583.19%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arcata 15:34:1216:50:2616:53:5516:57:2417:39:02 (sunset)6:582:0583.19%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Yreka 15:35:2016:50:4216:54:0716:57:3117:31:33 (sunset)6:491:5683.13%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Hayfork 15:35:0316:51:0916:54:2016:57:3217:36:02 (sunset)6:232:0183.17%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Fort Bragg 15:34:3916:52:5716:54:2516:55:5617:40:36 (sunset)2:592:0683.21%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ontario 16:38:5117:51:2417:54:2817:57:3218:04:05 (sunset)6:081:2582.91%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Redding 15:35:4416:51:4016:54:3516:57:3017:32:48 (sunset)5:501:5783.14%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cottonwood 15:35:5216:52:0916:54:4116:57:1417:32:44 (sunset)5:051:5783.14%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Burney 15:36:1816:51:4616:54:4316:57:4017:29:19 (sunset)5:541:5383.11%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nampa 16:39:1617:51:2417:54:4617:58:0718:03:26 (sunset)6:431:2482.90%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boise 16:39:2817:51:2617:54:4817:58:1018:01:55 (sunset)6:441:2282.89%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Susanville 15:37:1616:54:3516:55:0916:55:4617:26:10 (sunset)1:111:4983.08%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of February 5, 2046
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Darwin [a] 06:42:48 (sunrise)06:45:0707:50:201:0850.94%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby [a] 06:10:57 (sunrise)07:16:5508:44:002:3373.95%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Brisbane [a] 06:21:5207:19:3308:24:152:0220.84%
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau Ngerulmud [a] 06:20:25 (sunrise)06:22:4207:38:311:1862.82%
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Honiara [a] 07:06:2308:30:0810:12:273:0679.06%
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia Nouméa [a] 07:16:5508:32:5910:00:452:4437.45%
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Hagåtña [a] 06:46:47 (sunrise)07:33:5408:54:592:0839.59%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Ambon [a] 06:33:36 (sunrise)06:35:5307:26:090:5352.55%
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Port Vila [a] 07:13:4808:37:5110:16:303:0351.44%
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste Dili [a] 06:38:27 (sunrise)06:40:4507:20:270:4235.87%
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia Palikir [a] 07:21:1508:44:0210:26:113:0552.71%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Ternate [a] 06:41:49 (sunrise)06:44:5907:28:510:4744.34%
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru Yaren [a] 08:17:4909:52:2011:47:363:3075.70%
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Suva [a] 08:26:0309:56:0211:37:003:1144.36%
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Nuku'alofa [a] 09:40:4211:05:2012:36:182:5629.31%
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu Funafuti [a] 08:26:5910:10:5212:07:183:4072.76%
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati Tarawa [a] 08:28:1710:11:2512:11:463:4374.35%
Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna Mata Utu [a] 08:34:1310:14:1912:02:443:2952.52%
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Majuro [a] 08:36:3910:17:3112:14:563:3857.68%
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Apia [a] 09:44:1411:23:4013:07:443:2444.30%
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Pago Pago 09:47:0011:25:1913:07:293:2041.36%
Flag of Tokelau.svg  Tokelau Fakaofo [a] 09:46:4911:33:3713:23:363:3755.29%
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati Kiritimati [a] 11:43:2213:32:5715:11:313:2850.29%
Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg  United States Minor Outlying Islands Midway Atoll 10:59:1212:36:4214:10:143:1131.92%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Honolulu 12:19:1414:10:2515:47:103:2884.81%
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Calgary 16:37:4517:31:1617:35:06 (sunset)0:5754.17%
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vancouver 15:33:5616:49:4817:16:13 (sunset)1:4266.80%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles 15:41:4316:57:0217:27:40 (sunset)1:4662.88%
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Tijuana 15:43:4516:57:2317:25:12 (sunset)1:4156.88%
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Hermosillo 16:52:2317:58:2518:06:01 (sunset)1:1440.59%
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. [3]

February 5, 2046 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2046 February 5 at 20:05:17.8 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2046 February 5 at 21:13:07.7 UTC
First Central Line2046 February 5 at 21:16:34.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2046 February 5 at 21:20:02.1 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2046 February 5 at 22:42:57.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2046 February 5 at 22:50:22.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2046 February 5 at 23:06:26.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2046 February 5 at 23:10:57.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2046 February 5 at 23:25:48.6 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2046 February 5 at 23:29:25.4 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2046 February 6 at 00:52:36.8 UTC
Last Central Line2046 February 6 at 00:56:06.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2046 February 6 at 00:59:34.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2046 February 6 at 02:07:29.5 UTC
February 5, 2046 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92321
Eclipse Obscuration0.85231
Gamma0.37654
Sun Right Ascension21h19m00.8s
Sun Declination-15°38'42.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'13.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension21h18m27.2s
Moon Declination-15°20'02.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'46.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'11.7"
ΔT81.8 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 January–February 2046
January 22
Descending node (full moon)
February 5
Ascending node (new moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-2046Jan22.png SE2046Feb05A.png
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 115		 Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 141

Eclipses in 2046

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 141

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

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 June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
121 February 28, 2044
SE2044Feb28A.png
Annular		−0.9954126 August 23, 2044
SE2044Aug23T.png
Total		0.9613
131 February 16, 2045
SE2045Feb16A.png
Annular		−0.3125136 August 12, 2045
SE2045Aug12T.png
Total		0.2116
141 February 5, 2046
SE2046Feb05A.png
Annular		0.3765146 August 2, 2046
SE2046Aug02T.png
Total		−0.535
151 January 26, 2047
SE2047Jan26P.png
Partial		1.045156 July 22, 2047
SE2047Jul22P.png
Partial		−1.3477

Saros 141

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. 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 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
121314
SE1811Sep17A.png
September 17, 1811		 SE1829Sep28A.png
September 28, 1829		 SE1847Oct09A.png
October 9, 1847
151617
SE1865Oct19A.png
October 19, 1865 		SE1883Oct30A.png
October 30, 1883		 SE1901Nov11A.png
November 11, 1901
181920
SE1919Nov22A.png
November 22, 1919 		SE1937Dec02A.png
December 2, 1937 		SE1955Dec14A.png
December 14, 1955
212223
SE1973Dec24A.png
December 24, 1973 		SE1992Jan04A.png
January 4, 1992 		SE2010Jan15A.png
January 15, 2010
242526
SE2028Jan26A.png
January 26, 2028 		SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046 		SE2064Feb17A.png
February 17, 2064
272829
SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082 		SE2100Mar10A.png
March 10, 2100 		SE2118Mar22A.png
March 22, 2118
303132
SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136		 SE2154Apr12A.png
April 12, 2154		 SE2172Apr23A.png
April 23, 2172
33
SE2190May04A.png
May 4, 2190

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 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2April 19–20February 5–7November 24–25September 12–13
117119121123125
SE2000Jul01P.png
July 1, 2000 		SE2004Apr19P.png
April 19, 2004 		SE2008Feb07A.png
February 7, 2008 		SE2011Nov25P.png
November 25, 2011 		SE2015Sep13P.png
September 13, 2015
127129131133135
SE2019Jul02T.png
July 2, 2019 		SE2023Apr20H.png
April 20, 2023 		SE2027Feb06A.png
February 6, 2027 		SE2030Nov25T.png
November 25, 2030 		SE2034Sep12A.png
September 12, 2034
137139141143145
SE2038Jul02A.png
July 2, 2038 		SE2042Apr20T.png
April 20, 2042 		SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046 		SE2049Nov25H.png
November 25, 2049 		SE2053Sep12T.png
September 12, 2053
147149151153155
SE2057Jul01A.png
July 1, 2057 		SE2061Apr20T.png
April 20, 2061 		SE2065Feb05P.png
February 5, 2065 		SE2068Nov24P.png
November 24, 2068 		SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
157
SE2076Jul01P.png
July 1, 2076

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
SE1805Dec21A.gif
December 21, 1805
(Saros 119)		 SE1816Nov19T.gif
November 19, 1816
(Saros 120)		 SE1827Oct20H.gif
October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)		 SE1838Sep18A.gif
September 18, 1838
(Saros 122)		 SE1849Aug18T.gif
August 18, 1849
(Saros 123)
SE1860Jul18T.gif
July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)		 SE1871Jun18A.gif
June 18, 1871
(Saros 125)		 SE1882May17T.png
May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)		 SE1893Apr16T.png
April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)		 SE1904Mar17A.png
March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)
SE1915Feb14A.png
February 14, 1915
(Saros 129)		 SE1926Jan14T.png
January 14, 1926
(Saros 130)		 SE1936Dec13A.png
December 13, 1936
(Saros 131)		 SE1947Nov12A.png
November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)		 SE1958Oct12T.png
October 12, 1958
(Saros 133)
SE1969Sep11A.png
September 11, 1969
(Saros 134)		 SE1980Aug10A.png
August 10, 1980
(Saros 135)		 SE1991Jul11T.png
July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)		 SE2002Jun10A.png
June 10, 2002
(Saros 137)		 SE2013May10A.png
May 10, 2013
(Saros 138)
SE2024Apr08T.png
April 8, 2024
(Saros 139)		 SE2035Mar09A.png
March 9, 2035
(Saros 140)		 SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046
(Saros 141)		 SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057
(Saros 142)		 SE2067Dec06H.png
December 6, 2067
(Saros 143)
SE2078Nov04A.png
November 4, 2078
(Saros 144)		 SE2089Oct04T.png
October 4, 2089
(Saros 145)		 SE2100Sep04T.png
September 4, 2100
(Saros 146)		 SE2111Aug04A.png
August 4, 2111
(Saros 147)		 Saros148 27van75 SE2122Jul04T.jpg
July 4, 2122
(Saros 148)
SE2133Jun03T.png
June 3, 2133
(Saros 149)		 Saros150 24van71 SE2144May03A.jpg
May 3, 2144
(Saros 150)		 SE2155Apr02A.png
April 2, 2155
(Saros 151)		 Saros152 21van70 SE2166Mar02T.jpg
March 2, 2166
(Saros 152)		 Saros153 18van70 SE2177Jan29A.jpg
January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)
Saros154 16van71 SE2187Dec29A.jpg
December 29, 2187
(Saros 154)		 SE2198Nov28T.png
November 28, 2198
(Saros 155)

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
SE1814Jul17T.png
July 17, 1814
(Saros 133)		 SE1843Jun27H.png
June 27, 1843
(Saros 134)		 SE1872Jun06A.gif
June 6, 1872
(Saros 135)
SE1901May18T.png
May 18, 1901
(Saros 136)		 SE1930Apr28H.png
April 28, 1930
(Saros 137)		 SE1959Apr08A.png
April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)
SE1988Mar18T.png
March 18, 1988
(Saros 139)		 SE2017Feb26A.png
February 26, 2017
(Saros 140)		 SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046
(Saros 141)
SE2075Jan16T.png
January 16, 2075
(Saros 142)		 SE2103Dec29A.png
December 29, 2103
(Saros 143)		 SE2132Dec07A.png
December 7, 2132
(Saros 144)
SE2161Nov17T.png
November 17, 2161
(Saros 145)		 SE2190Oct29H.png
October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 The times listed for this location occur on February 6, 2046, local time.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "February 5–6, 2046 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2046 Feb 05". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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