Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039

Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
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Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.9458
Magnitude 1.0356
Maximum eclipse
Duration 111 sec (1 m 51 s)
Coordinates 80°54′S 172°48′E / 80.9°S 172.8°E / -80.9; 172.8
Max. width of band 380 km (240 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 16:23:46
References
Saros 152 (14 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9596

A total solar eclipse will occur on December 15, 2039. 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.

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Solar eclipses of 2036-2039

Each member 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.

Note: Partial lunar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.

Metonic cycle

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).

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