Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076

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Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.9373
Magnitude 1.0342
Maximum eclipse
Duration109 s (1 min 49 s)
Coordinates 87°12′S173°42′W / 87.2°S 173.7°W / -87.2; -173.7
Max. width of band340 km (210 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:07:27
References
Saros 152 (16 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9677

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, January 6, 2076, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0342. 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 about 8.5 hours before perigee (on January 6, 2076, at 18:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

This will be the first of four solar eclipses in 2076, with the others occurring on June 1, July 1, and November 26.

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and southwestern Australia.

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]

January 6, 2076 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2076 January 06 at 08:01:50.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2076 January 06 at 09:30:07.4 UTC
First Central Line2076 January 06 at 09:32:18.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2076 January 06 at 09:34:37.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2076 January 06 at 10:05:23.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2076 January 06 at 10:07:27.5 UTC
Greatest Duration2076 January 06 at 10:07:36.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2076 January 06 at 10:16:52.4 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2076 January 06 at 10:40:18.1 UTC
Last Central Line2076 January 06 at 10:42:37.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2076 January 06 at 10:44:49.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2076 January 06 at 12:13:04.2 UTC
January 6, 2076 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.03424
Eclipse Obscuration1.06965
Gamma−0.93732
Sun Right Ascension19h09m11.6s
Sun Declination-22°28'36.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension19h09m16.9s
Moon Declination-23°26'00.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'24.1"
ΔT102.2 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 2075–January 2076
December 22
Ascending node (full moon)
January 6
Descending node (new moon)
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Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152

Eclipses in 2076

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 152

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2073–2076

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 1, 2076 and November 26, 2076 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2073 to 2076
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
122 February 7, 2073
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Partial
1.1651127 August 3, 2073
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Total
−0.8763
132 January 27, 2074
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Annular
0.4251137 July 24, 2074
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Annular
−0.1242
142 January 16, 2075
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Total
−0.2799147 July 13, 2075
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Annular
0.6583
152 January 6, 2076
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Total
−0.9373157 July 1, 2076
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Partial
1.4005

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
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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
SE2039Dec15T.png
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
Saros152 19van70 SE2130Feb08T.jpg
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.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1March 19–20January 5–6October 24–25August 12–13
118120122124126
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June 1, 2011
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March 20, 2015
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January 6, 2019
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October 25, 2022
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August 12, 2026
128130132134136
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June 1, 2030
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March 20, 2034
SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038
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October 25, 2041
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August 12, 2045
138140142144146
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May 31, 2049
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March 20, 2053
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January 5, 2057
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October 24, 2060
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August 12, 2064
148150152154156
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May 31, 2068
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March 19, 2072
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January 6, 2076
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October 24, 2079
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August 13, 2083
158160162164
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June 1, 2087
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October 24, 2098

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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February 21, 1803
(Saros 127)
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January 21, 1814
(Saros 128)
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December 20, 1824
(Saros 129)
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November 20, 1835
(Saros 130)
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October 20, 1846
(Saros 131)
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September 18, 1857
(Saros 132)
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August 18, 1868
(Saros 133)
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July 19, 1879
(Saros 134)
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June 17, 1890
(Saros 135)
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May 18, 1901
(Saros 136)
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April 17, 1912
(Saros 137)
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March 17, 1923
(Saros 138)
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February 14, 1934
(Saros 139)
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January 14, 1945
(Saros 140)
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December 14, 1955
(Saros 141)
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November 12, 1966
(Saros 142)
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October 12, 1977
(Saros 143)
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September 11, 1988
(Saros 144)
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August 11, 1999
(Saros 145)
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July 11, 2010
(Saros 146)
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June 10, 2021
(Saros 147)
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May 9, 2032
(Saros 148)
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April 9, 2043
(Saros 149)
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March 9, 2054
(Saros 150)
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February 5, 2065
(Saros 151)
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January 6, 2076
(Saros 152)
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December 6, 2086
(Saros 153)
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November 4, 2097
(Saros 154)
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October 5, 2108
(Saros 155)
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September 5, 2119
(Saros 156)
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August 4, 2130
(Saros 157)
Saros158 05van70 SE2141Jul03P.jpg
July 3, 2141
(Saros 158)
Saros159 02van70 SE2152Jun03P.jpg
June 3, 2152
(Saros 159)
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April 1, 2174
(Saros 161)

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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July 6, 1815
(Saros 143)
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June 16, 1844
(Saros 144)
SE1873May26P.png
May 26, 1873
(Saros 145)
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May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)
SE1931Apr18P.png
April 18, 1931
(Saros 147)
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March 27, 1960
(Saros 148)
SE1989Mar07P.png
March 7, 1989
(Saros 149)
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February 15, 2018
(Saros 150)
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January 26, 2047
(Saros 151)
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January 6, 2076
(Saros 152)
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December 17, 2104
(Saros 153)
Saros154 13van71 SE2133Nov26A.jpg
November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)
Saros155 14van71 SE2162Nov07T.jpg
November 7, 2162
(Saros 155)
Saros156 11van69 SE2191Oct18A.jpg
October 18, 2191
(Saros 156)

Notes

  1. "January 6, 2076 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2076 Jan 06". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 22 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 152". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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