Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066

Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.4043
Magnitude1.0416
Maximum eclipse
Duration194 s (3 min 14 s)
Coordinates47°24′S 175°48′E / 47.4°S 175.8°E / -47.4; 175.8
Max. width of band152 km (94 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:23:40
References
Saros133 (48 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9657

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, December 16 and Friday, December 17, 2066,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0416. 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 18.5 hours before perigee (on December 17, 2066, at 19:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

The path of totality will be visible from parts of southwestern Australia and Stewart Island of New Zealand. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Indonesia, Australia, Antarctica, and Oceania.

This total eclipse follows a similar path to the eclipse on December 25–26, 2038.

Eclipse details

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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]

December 17, 2066 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2066 December 16 at 21:49:58.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2066 December 16 at 22:48:21.3 UTC
First Central Line 2066 December 16 at 22:49:05.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2066 December 16 at 22:49:50.2 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2066 December 17 at 00:01:22.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2066 December 17 at 00:19:30.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2066 December 17 at 00:20:59.4 UTC
Greatest Duration 2066 December 17 at 00:23:31.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2066 December 17 at 00:23:39.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2066 December 17 at 00:46:01.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2066 December 17 at 01:57:30.4 UTC
Last Central Line 2066 December 17 at 01:58:15.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2066 December 17 at 01:59:01.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2066 December 17 at 02:57:20.6 UTC
December 17, 2066 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.04155
Eclipse Obscuration 1.08483
Gamma −0.40428
Sun Right Ascension 17h39m46.4s
Sun Declination -23°20'56.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 17h39m53.3s
Moon Declination -23°45'32.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'39.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'09.6"
ΔT 95.3 s

Eclipse season

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See also: Eclipse cycle

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 December 2066
December 17
Ascending node (new moon)
 December 31
Descending node (full moon)
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 133		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 145
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Eclipses in 2066

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 133

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2065–2069

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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 eclipses on February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 July 3, 2065

Partial 		1.4619 123 December 27, 2065

Partial 		−1.0688
128 June 22, 2066

Annular 		0.733 133 December 17, 2066

Total 		−0.4043
138 June 11, 2067

Annular 		−0.0387 143 December 6, 2067

Hybrid 		0.2845
148 May 31, 2068

Total 		−0.797 153 November 24, 2068

Partial 		1.0299
158 May 20, 2069

Partial 		−1.4852

Saros 133

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 annularity was produced by member 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200:
34 35 36

July 17, 1814
July 27, 1832
August 7, 1850
37 38 39

August 18, 1868
August 29, 1886
September 9, 1904
40 41 42

September 21, 1922
October 1, 1940
October 12, 1958
43 44 45

October 23, 1976
November 3, 1994
November 13, 2012
46 47 48

November 25, 2030
December 5, 2048
December 17, 2066
49 50 51

December 27, 2084
January 8, 2103
January 19, 2121
52 53 54

January 30, 2139
February 9, 2157
February 21, 2175
55

March 3, 2193

Metonic series

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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 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112
July 23–24 May 11 February 27–28 December 16–17 October 4–5
117 119 121 123 125

July 23, 2036
May 11, 2040
February 28, 2044
December 16, 2047
October 4, 2051
127 129 131 133 135

July 24, 2055
May 11, 2059
February 28, 2063
December 17, 2066
October 4, 2070
137 139 141 143 145

July 24, 2074
May 11, 2078
February 27, 2082
December 16, 2085
October 4, 2089
147 149 151 153 155

July 23, 2093
May 11, 2097
February 28, 2101
December 17, 2104
October 5, 2108
157

July 23, 2112

Tritos series

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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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

January 1, 1805
(Saros 109)
October 31, 1826
(Saros 111)
August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)

July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)
June 28, 1870
(Saros 115)
May 27, 1881
(Saros 116)
April 26, 1892
(Saros 117)
March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)

February 25, 1914
(Saros 119)
January 24, 1925
(Saros 120)
December 25, 1935
(Saros 121)
November 23, 1946
(Saros 122)
October 23, 1957
(Saros 123)

September 22, 1968
(Saros 124)
August 22, 1979
(Saros 125)
July 22, 1990
(Saros 126)
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)
May 20, 2012
(Saros 128)

April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)
March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)
February 16, 2045
(Saros 131)
January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)
December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)

November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)
October 14, 2088
(Saros 135)
September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)
August 15, 2110
(Saros 137)
July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)

June 13, 2132
(Saros 139)
May 14, 2143
(Saros 140)
April 12, 2154
(Saros 141)
March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)
February 10, 2176
(Saros 143)

January 9, 2187
(Saros 144)
December 9, 2197
(Saros 145)

Inex series

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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

June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)
May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)
May 6, 1864
(Saros 126)

April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)
March 28, 1922
(Saros 128)
March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)

February 16, 1980
(Saros 130)
January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)

December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)
November 27, 2095
(Saros 134)
November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)

October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)
September 27, 2182
(Saros 137)

Notes

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  1. ^ "December 16–17, 2066 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2066 Dec 17". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 19 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 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References

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