Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068

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Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.0299
Magnitude 0.9109
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 68°30′N131°06′W / 68.5°N 131.1°W / 68.5; -131.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:32:30
References
Saros 153 (12 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9661

A partial solar eclipse will occur on November 24, 2068. 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.

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Solar eclipses 2065–2069

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. [1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065–2069
Descending node Ascending node
118 July 3, 2065
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Partial
123 December 27, 2065
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Partial
128 June 22, 2066
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Annular
133 December 17, 2066
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Total
138 June 11, 2067
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Annular
143 December 6, 2067
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Hybrid
148 May 31, 2068
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Total
153 November 24, 2068
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Partial
158 May 20, 2069
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Partial

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.

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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November 24, 2068
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September 12, 2072
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July 1, 2076

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