Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 4, 2051, with a magnitude of 0.6024. 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 October 4, 2051
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2094
Magnitude0.6024
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°S 117.7°E / -72; 117.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:02:14
References
Saros125 (56 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9622

Eclipses in 2051

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 125

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses 2051–2054

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
120April 11, 2051

Partial		 125October 4, 2051

Partial
130March 30, 2052

Total		 135September 22, 2052

Annular
140March 20, 2053

Annular		 145September 12, 2053

Total
150March 9, 2054

Partial		 155September 2, 2054

Partial

Saros 125

It is a part of Saros cycle 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330, hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366, and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907.

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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