Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019

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Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019
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Totality viewed from La Serena, Chile
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma -0.6466
Magnitude 1.0459
Maximum eclipse
Duration273 sec (4 m 33 s)
Coordinates 17°24′S109°00′W / 17.4°S 109°W / -17.4; -109
Max. width of band201 km (125 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:24:08
References
Saros 127 (58 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9551

A total solar eclipse occurred at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, with an eclipse magnitude of 1.0459. Totality was visible from the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand to the Coquimbo Region in Chile and Central Argentina at sunset, with the maximum of 4 minutes 33 seconds visible from the Pacific Ocean. The Moon was only 2.4 days before perigee (Perigee on July 5, 2019), making it fairly large.

Contents

Another solar eclipse occurred one lunar year after this eclipse, on June 21, 2020. A total solar eclipse crossed this region of the Earth on December 14, 2020.

Images

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Animated path
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Geostationary satellite view of the eclipse by NOAA's GOES East. Hurricane Barbara can also be seen in the northern hemisphere.

Visibility

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.

Following the North American solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, Astronomers Without Borders collected eclipse glasses for redistribution to Latin America and Asia for the 2019 eclipses. [1]

Totality travelled over areas with low levels of humidity and light pollution, allowing for very good observations. Several major observatories experienced totality, including the European Southern Observatory. [2] [3]

Oeno Island

The first land surface and the only Pacific island from which totality was visible is Oeno Island, an uninhabited atoll in the Pitcairn Islands. [3]

Chile

Totality was visible in a large portion of Coquimbo Region and small parts of Atacama Region. Cities in the path included La Serena and La Higuera. Approximately 300,000 people visited La Serena to view the event. [2] Tickets to view the eclipse from the European Southern Observatory were sold for US$2000 each. [3]

Argentina

Totality was visible in the provinces of San Juan, La Rioja, San Luis, Córdoba, Santa Fe, and Buenos Aires. Cities in the path included San Juan and Río Cuarto. [3] The path of totality finished at the Samborombon Bay, where the eclipsed sunset was observed from San Clemente del Tuyu.

Eclipses of 2019

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros cycle

Tritos

Solar Saros 127

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occurred during the previous semester series.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2018–2021
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117
Eclipse (41629136430).jpg
Partial from Melbourne, Australia
2018 July 13
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Partial
-1.35423122
Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai.jpg
Partial from Nakhodka, Russia
2019 January 6
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Partial
1.14174
127
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La Serena, Chile
2019 July 2
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Total
-0.64656132
Annular Solar Eclipse in Jaffna - 26 December 2019 (1).jpg
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
2019 December 26
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Annular
0.41351
137
Solar eclipse of 21 June 2020 in Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan.jpg
Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan
2020 June 21
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Annular
0.12090142
Eclipse total Gorbea 2020.jpg
Gorbea, Chile
2020 December 14
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Total
-0.29394
147
Partial Solar Eclipse, 10 June 2021 (51237879346) (cropped).jpg
Partial from Halifax, Canada
2021 June 10
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Annular
0.91516152 2021 December 4
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Total
-0.95261

Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node. [5]

Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200
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April 28, 1911
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May 9, 1929
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May 20, 1947
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May 30, 1965
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June 11, 1983
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June 21, 2001
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July 2, 2019
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July 13, 2037
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July 24, 2055
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August 3, 2073
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August 15, 2091
August 26, 2109 (Partial)
646566
September 6, 2127 (PartialSeptember 16, 2145 (Partial)September 28, 2163 (Partial)
6768
October 8, 2181 (Partial)October 19, 2199 (Partial)

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.

In the 19th century:

In the 22nd century:

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, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2April 19–20February 5–7November 24–25September 12–13
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July 1, 2000
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April 19, 2004
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February 7, 2008
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November 25, 2011
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September 13, 2015
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July 2, 2019
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April 20, 2023
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February 6, 2027
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November 25, 2030
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September 12, 2034
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July 2, 2038
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April 20, 2042
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February 5, 2046
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November 25, 2049
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September 12, 2053
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July 1, 2057
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April 20, 2061
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February 5, 2065
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November 24, 2068
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September 12, 2072
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July 1, 2076

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