Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.3867 |
Magnitude | 1.0468 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 224 s (3 min 44 s) |
Coordinates | 43°36′S71°12′E / 43.6°S 71.2°E |
Max. width of band | 169 km (105 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:51:37 |
References | |
Saros | 133 (46 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9576 |
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 25, 2030, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0468. 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 14 hours before perigee (on November 25, 2030, at 21:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]
Totality will be visible in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, and Australia. A partial eclipse will be visible for much of Central and Southern Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and Indonesia.
The path of totality will begin in the Atlantic Ocean. It will then pass through Namibia (serving the capital Windhoek), Botswana (serving Tsabong), and South Africa (serving Durban; also visible in parts of Lesotho). After that, it will pass through the Indian Ocean, where it will terminate in Australia (visiting the states of South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland). [3]
Country or Territory | Place or City | Start of | Start of total eclipse (Local Time) | End of total eclipse (Local Time) | Duration of total eclipse | End of partial eclipse (Local Time) | Magnitude |
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Namibia | Henties Bay, Erongo Region | 06:24:41 | 07:18:36 | 07:19:34 | 58 s | 08:19:12 | 1,034 |
Namibia | Windhoek, Khomas Region | 06:24:04 | 07:18:56 | 07:20:48 | 1 min 52s | 08:21:25 | 1,035 |
Namibia | Rehoboth, Hardap Region | 06:25:09 | 07:20:00 | 07:21:25 | 1 min 25 s | 08:22:20 | 1,035 |
Botswana | Tsabong, Kgalagadi District | 06:27:17 | 07:24:45 | 07:25:47 | 1 min 02s | 08:29:55 | 1,037 |
South Africa | Vryburg, North West Province | 06:28:18 | 07:26:27 | 07:28:17 | 1 min 50 s | 08:33:23 | 1,038 |
South Africa | Matlosana, North West Province | 06:28:15 | 07:27:23 | 07:28:57 | 1 min 34 s | 08:35:18 | 1,038 |
South Africa | Welkom, Free State Province | 06:29:37 | 07:28:46 | 07:30:37 | 1 min 51 s | 08:36:56 | 1,038 |
South Africa | Bethlehem, Free State Province | 06:30:05 | 07:29:40 | 07:32:07 | 2 min 27 s | 08:39:04 | 1,039 |
Lesotho | Butha-Buthe, Butha-Buthe District | 06:30:44 | 07:30:41 | 07:32:27 | 1 min 47 s | 08:39:43 | 1,039 |
Lesotho | Mokhotlong, Mokhotlong District | 06:31:30 | 07:32:04 | 07:33:26 | 1 min 22 s | 08:41:23 | 1,039 |
South Africa | Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province | 06:32:08 | 07:32:54 | 07:35:13 | 2 min 19 s | 08:43:31 | 1,040 |
South Africa | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province | 06:32:37 | 07:33:41 | 07:36:04 | 2 min 24 s | 08:44:43 | 1,040 |
Australia | Wudinna, South Australia | 17:49:39 | 18:50:05 | 18:51:12 | 1 min 06 s | 19:16:02 | 1,035 |
Australia | Cunnamulla, Queensland | 17:29:06 | 18:24:45 | 18:25:59 | 1 min 14 s | 18:50:51 (sunset) | 1,032 |
Australia | Condamine, Queensland | 17:30:50 | 18:24:35 | 18:26:04 | 1 min 29 s | 18:30:47 (sunset) | 1,030 |
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. [4]
Event | Time (UTC) |
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First Penumbral External Contact | 2030 November 25 at 04:17:55.5 UTC |
First Umbral External Contact | 2030 November 25 at 05:15:34.1 UTC |
First Central Line | 2030 November 25 at 05:16:26.9 UTC |
First Umbral Internal Contact | 2030 November 25 at 05:17:19.8 UTC |
First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2030 November 25 at 06:25:54.6 UTC |
Ecliptic Conjunction | 2030 November 25 at 06:47:39.2 UTC |
Greatest Eclipse | 2030 November 25 at 06:51:36.9 UTC |
Greatest Duration | 2030 November 25 at 06:53:10.2 UTC |
Equatorial Conjunction | 2030 November 25 at 06:55:25.4 UTC |
Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2030 November 25 at 07:17:13.7 UTC |
Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2030 November 25 at 08:25:50.4 UTC |
Last Central Line | 2030 November 25 at 08:26:44.0 UTC |
Last Umbral External Contact | 2030 November 25 at 08:27:37.6 UTC |
Last Penumbral External Contact | 2030 November 25 at 09:25:15.0 UTC |
Parameter | Value |
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Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04684 |
Eclipse Obscuration | 1.09588 |
Gamma | −0.38669 |
Sun Right Ascension | 16h03m58.7s |
Sun Declination | -20°45'39.0" |
Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'12.1" |
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
Moon Right Ascension | 16h03m49.1s |
Moon Declination | -21°09'10.6" |
Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'41.7" |
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'16.4" |
ΔT | 74.2 s |
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.
November 25 Ascending node (new moon) | December 9 Descending node (full moon) |
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Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 133 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 145 |
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. [5]
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 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | June 12, 2029 Partial | 1.29431 | 123 | December 5, 2029 Partial | −1.06090 | |
128 | June 1, 2030 Annular | 0.56265 | 133 | November 25, 2030 Total | −0.38669 | |
138 | May 21, 2031 Annular | −0.19699 | 143 | November 14, 2031 Hybrid | 0.30776 | |
148 | May 9, 2032 Annular | −0.93748 | 153 | November 3, 2032 Partial | 1.06431 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [6]
Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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34 | 35 | 36 |
July 17, 1814 | July 27, 1832 | August 7, 1850 |
37 | 38 | 39 |
August 18, 1868 | August 29, 1886 | September 9, 1904 |
40 | 41 | 42 |
September 21, 1922 | October 1, 1940 | October 12, 1958 |
43 | 44 | 45 |
October 23, 1976 | November 3, 1994 | November 13, 2012 |
46 | 47 | 48 |
November 25, 2030 | December 5, 2048 | December 17, 2066 |
49 | 50 | 51 |
December 27, 2084 | January 8, 2103 | January 19, 2121 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
January 30, 2139 | February 9, 2157 | February 21, 2175 |
55 | ||
March 3, 2193 |
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 | ||||
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July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
July 1, 2000 | April 19, 2004 | February 7, 2008 | November 25, 2011 | September 13, 2015 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
July 2, 2019 | April 20, 2023 | February 6, 2027 | November 25, 2030 | September 12, 2034 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
July 2, 2038 | April 20, 2042 | February 5, 2046 | November 25, 2049 | September 12, 2053 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
July 1, 2057 | April 20, 2061 | February 5, 2065 | November 24, 2068 | September 12, 2072 |
157 | ||||
July 1, 2076 |
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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September 8, 1801 (Saros 112) | August 7, 1812 (Saros 113) | July 8, 1823 (Saros 114) | June 7, 1834 (Saros 115) | May 6, 1845 (Saros 116) |
April 5, 1856 (Saros 117) | March 6, 1867 (Saros 118) | February 2, 1878 (Saros 119) | January 1, 1889 (Saros 120) | December 3, 1899 (Saros 121) |
November 2, 1910 (Saros 122) | October 1, 1921 (Saros 123) | August 31, 1932 (Saros 124) | August 1, 1943 (Saros 125) | June 30, 1954 (Saros 126) |
May 30, 1965 (Saros 127) | April 29, 1976 (Saros 128) | March 29, 1987 (Saros 129) | February 26, 1998 (Saros 130) | January 26, 2009 (Saros 131) |
December 26, 2019 (Saros 132) | November 25, 2030 (Saros 133) | October 25, 2041 (Saros 134) | September 22, 2052 (Saros 135) | August 24, 2063 (Saros 136) |
July 24, 2074 (Saros 137) | June 22, 2085 (Saros 138) | May 22, 2096 (Saros 139) | April 23, 2107 (Saros 140) | March 22, 2118 (Saros 141) |
February 18, 2129 (Saros 142) | January 20, 2140 (Saros 143) | December 19, 2150 (Saros 144) | November 17, 2161 (Saros 145) | October 17, 2172 (Saros 146) |
September 16, 2183 (Saros 147) | August 16, 2194 (Saros 148) |
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 14, 1828 (Saros 126) | March 25, 1857 (Saros 127) | March 5, 1886 (Saros 128) |
February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) | January 25, 1944 (Saros 130) | January 4, 1973 (Saros 131) |
December 14, 2001 (Saros 132) | November 25, 2030 (Saros 133) | November 5, 2059 (Saros 134) |
October 14, 2088 (Saros 135) | September 26, 2117 (Saros 136) | September 6, 2146 (Saros 137) |
August 16, 2175 (Saros 138) |
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