Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, November 15, 2077, with a magnitude of 0.9371. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity will cross North America and South America. This will be the 47th solar eclipse of Saros cycle 134. A small annular eclipse will cover only 93.71% of the Sun in a very broad path, 262 km wide at maximum, and will last 7 minutes and 54 seconds. Occurring only 4 days after apogee (on Thursday, November 11, 2077), the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller.

Eclipse details

 * Eclipse Magnitude = 0.93707
 * Eclipse Obscuration = 0.87810
 * Gamma = 0.47047
 * Saros Series = 134th (47 of 71)
 * Greatest Eclipse = 15 Nov 2077 17:06:10.2 UTC
 * Ecliptic Conjunction = 15 Nov 2077 17:00:37.8 UTC
 * Equatorial Conjunction = 15 Nov 2077 16:46:06.0 UTC
 * Sun right ascension = 15.44
 * Sun declination = -18.8
 * Sun diameter (arcseconds) = 1940.2
 * Moon right ascension = 15.45
 * Moon declination = -18.4
 * Moon diameter (arcseconds) = 1793.8
 * Geocentric Libration of the Moon
 * Latitude: 3.3 degrees south
 * Longitude: 0.6 degrees west
 * Direction: 12.7 (NNE)
 * Date of this Annular Solar Eclipse: Monday, 15 November 2077

Eclipses in 2077

 * A total solar eclipse on May 22, 2077.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on June 6, 2077.
 * An annular solar eclipse on November 15, 2077.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on November 29, 2077.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2084

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2068
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 20, 2086

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088

Solar Saros 134

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 27, 2095

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 16, 2164