Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079

Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.9243
Magnitude 0.9484
Maximum eclipse
Duration 219 sec (3 m 39 s)
Coordinates 63°24′S 160°36′W / 63.4°S 160.6°W / -63.4; -160.6
Max. width of band 495 km (308 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 18:11:21
References
Saros 154 (10 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9686

An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 24, 2079. 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. 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.

Solar eclipses 2076-2079

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.

119June 1, 2076

Partial		 124November 26, 2076

Partial
129May 22, 2077

Total		 134November 15, 2077

Annular
139May 11, 2078

Total		 144November 4, 2078

Annular
149May 1, 2079

Total		 154October 24, 2079

Annular

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).

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