Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, February 16, 2083. 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 February 16, 2083
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.017
Magnitude0.9433
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61.6°N 154.1°W / 61.6; -154.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:06:36
References
Saros151 (18 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9693

Solar eclipses 2080–2083

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]

121March 21, 2080

Partial		 126September 13, 2080

Partial
131March 10, 2081

Annular		 136September 3, 2081

Total
141February 27, 2082

Annular		 146August 24, 2082

Total
151February 16, 2083

Partial		 156August 13, 2083

Partial

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

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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