Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062

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Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0191
Magnitude0.9749
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°18′N 150°18′E / 61.3°N 150.3°E / 61.3; 150.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse8:54:27
References
Saros126 (50 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9647

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, September 3, 2062. 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.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses 2062–2065[edit]

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]

121 March 11, 2062

Partial
126 September 3, 2062

Partial
131 February 28, 2063

Annular
136 August 24, 2063

Total
141 February 17, 2064

Annular
146 August 12, 2064

Total
151 February 5, 2065

Partial
156 August 2, 2065

Partial

Saros 126[edit]

It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810, hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864 and total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 6 minutes, 30 seconds of annularity on June 26, 1359. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.

Series members 42–52 occur between 1901 and 2100
42 43 44

June 8, 1918

June 19, 1936

June 30, 1954
45 46 47

July 10, 1972

July 22, 1990

August 1, 2008
48 49 50

August 12, 2026

August 23, 2044

September 3, 2062
51 52

September 13, 2080

September 25, 2098

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.

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