Solar eclipse of September 12, 2072

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Solar eclipse of September 12, 2072
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.9655
Magnitude 1.0558
Maximum eclipse
Duration193 s (3 min 13 s)
Coordinates 69°48′N102°00′E / 69.8°N 102°E / 69.8; 102
Max. width of band732 km (455 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse8:59:20
References
Saros 155 (9 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9670

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, September 12, 2072, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0558. 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 7 hours before perigee (on September 12, 2072, at 2:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

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The path of totality will be visible from much of northern and eastern Russia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Greenland, Europe, and Asia. This is the first of 56 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 155.

The total phase of eclipse will be only in Siberia in Russia. Large cities, in which the total phase will be seen, include Yakutsk, Neryungri, Mirny in Sakha Republic and Khatanga in Krasnoyarsk Krai (also Norilsk will have 98% sun obscuration).

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]

September 12, 2072 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2072 September 12 at 06:57:11.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2072 September 12 at 08:28:51.8 UTC
First Central Line2072 September 12 at 08:33:54.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2072 September 12 at 08:40:07.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2072 September 12 at 08:27:52.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2072 September 12 at 08:59:20.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2072 September 12 at 08:59:24.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2072 September 12 at 09:09:00.3 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2072 September 12 at 09:18:56.8 UTC
Last Central Line2072 September 12 at 09:25:09.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2072 September 12 at 09:30:10.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2072 September 12 at 11:01:44.6 UTC
September 12, 2072 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.05578
Eclipse Obscuration1.11466
Gamma0.96552
Sun Right Ascension11h24m57.8s
Sun Declination+03°46'31.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'53.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension11h26m09.4s
Moon Declination+04°42'50.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'42.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'20.3"
ΔT99.6 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 August–September 2072
August 28
Descending node (full moon)
 September 12
Ascending node (new moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-2072Aug28.png SE2072Sep12T.png
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

Eclipses in 2072

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 155

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2069–2072

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 eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 April 21, 2069
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Partial		1.0624125 October 15, 2069
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Partial		−1.2524
130 April 11, 2070
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Total		0.3652135 October 4, 2070
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Annular		−0.495
140 March 31, 2071
SE2071Mar31A.png
Annular		−0.3739145 September 23, 2071
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Total		0.262
150 March 19, 2072
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Partial		−1.1405155 September 12, 2072
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Total		0.9655

Saros 155

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It contains total eclipses from September 12, 2072 through August 30, 2649; hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 through October 2, 2703; and annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 through May 8, 3064. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. 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 14 at 4 minutes, 5 seconds on November 6, 2162, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 5 minutes, 31 seconds on April 28, 3046. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 1–16 occur between 1928 and 2200:
123
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June 17, 1928 		SE1946Jun29P.png
June 29, 1946 		SE1964Jul09P.png
July 9, 1964
456
SE1982Jul20P.png
July 20, 1982 		SE2000Jul31P.png
July 31, 2000 		SE2018Aug11P.png
August 11, 2018
789
SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036 		SE2054Sep02P.png
September 2, 2054 		SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
101112
SE2090Sep23T.png
September 23, 2090 		Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg
October 5, 2108		 Saros155 12van71 SE2126Oct16T.jpg
October 16, 2126
131415
Saros155 13van71 SE2144Oct26T.jpg
October 26, 2144		 Saros155 14van71 SE2162Nov07T.jpg
November 7, 2162		 Saros155 15van71 SE2180Nov17T.jpg
November 17, 2180
16
Saros155 16van71 SE2198Nov28T.jpg
November 28, 2198

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
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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.

The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2105
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September 28, 1810
(Saros 131)		 SE1821Aug27A.gif
August 27, 1821
(Saros 132)		 SE1832Jul27T.gif
July 27, 1832
(Saros 133)		 SE1843Jun27H.gif
June 27, 1843
(Saros 134)		 SE1854May26A.png
May 26, 1854
(Saros 135)
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April 25, 1865
(Saros 136)		 SE1876Mar25A.gif
March 25, 1876
(Saros 137)		 SE1887Feb22A.png
February 22, 1887
(Saros 138)		 SE1898Jan22T.png
January 22, 1898
(Saros 139)		 SE1908Dec23H.png
December 23, 1908
(Saros 140)
SE1919Nov22A.png
November 22, 1919
(Saros 141)		 SE1930Oct21T.png
October 21, 1930
(Saros 142)		 SE1941Sep21T.png
September 21, 1941
(Saros 143)		 SE1952Aug20A.png
August 20, 1952
(Saros 144)		 SE1963Jul20T.png
July 20, 1963
(Saros 145)
SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)		 SE1985May19P.png
May 19, 1985
(Saros 147)		 SE1996Apr17P.png
April 17, 1996
(Saros 148)		 SE2007Mar19P.png
March 19, 2007
(Saros 149)		 SE2018Feb15P.png
February 15, 2018
(Saros 150)
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January 14, 2029
(Saros 151)		 SE2039Dec15T.png
December 15, 2039
(Saros 152)		 SE2050Nov14P.png
November 14, 2050
(Saros 153)		 SE2061Oct13A.png
October 13, 2061
(Saros 154)		 SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
(Saros 155)
SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
(Saros 156)		 SE2094Jul12P.png
July 12, 2094
(Saros 157)		 Saros158 03van70 SE2105Jun12P.jpg
June 12, 2105
(Saros 158)

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
SE1812Mar13P.gif
March 13, 1812
(Saros 146)		 SE1841Feb21P.gif
February 21, 1841
(Saros 147)		 SE1870Jan31P.gif
January 31, 1870
(Saros 148)
SE1899Jan11P.gif
January 11, 1899
(Saros 149)		 SE1927Dec24P.png
December 24, 1927
(Saros 150)		 SE1956Dec02P.png
December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)
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November 12, 1985
(Saros 152)		 SE2014Oct23P.png
October 23, 2014
(Saros 153)		 SE2043Oct03A.png
October 3, 2043
(Saros 154)
SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
(Saros 155)		 Saros156 06van69 SE2101Aug24P.jpg
August 24, 2101
(Saros 156)		 Saros157 05van70 SE2130Aug04P.jpg
August 4, 2130
(Saros 157)
Saros158 06van70 SE2159Jul15P.jpg
July 15, 2159
(Saros 158)		 Saros159 04van70 SE2188Jun24P.jpg
June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)

Notes

  1. ↑ "September 12, 2072 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2072 Sep 12". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 21 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 155". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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