Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, December 16, 2047, with a magnitude of 0.8816. 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.

Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0661
Magnitude0.8816
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66.4°S 6.6°W / -66.4; -6.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:50:12
References
Saros123 (55 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9614

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Eclipses in 2047

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 123

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

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]

Note: Partial lunar eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse sets from 2047 to 2050
Descending node   Ascending node
118June 23, 2047

Partial		 123December 16, 2047

Partial
128June 11, 2048

Annular		 133December 5, 2048

Total
138May 31, 2049

Annular		 143November 25, 2049

Hybrid
148May 20, 2050

Hybrid		 153November 14, 2050

Partial

Saros 123

It is a part of Saros cycle 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651, hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705, and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813.

References
  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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