Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, September 22 and Monday, September 23, 2052,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9734. 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. Occurring about 5.9 days before apogee (on September 28, 2052, at 20:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]

Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.448
Magnitude0.9734
Maximum eclipse
Duration171 s (2 min 51 s)
Coordinates25°42′S 175°00′E / 25.7°S 175°E / -25.7; 175
Max. width of band106 km (66 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:39:10
References
Saros135 (41 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9624

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Indonesia, East Timor, the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, and New Caledonia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Oceania, and Antarctica.

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]

September 22, 2052 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2052 September 22 at 20:49:51.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2052 September 22 at 21:56:15.3 UTC
First Central Line 2052 September 22 at 21:57:42.0 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2052 September 22 at 21:59:08.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2052 September 22 at 23:34:05.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2052 September 22 at 23:39:09.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2052 September 22 at 23:55:26.1 UTC
Greatest Duration 2052 September 23 at 00:05:29.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2052 September 23 at 01:18:56.2 UTC
Last Central Line 2052 September 23 at 01:20:26.2 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2052 September 23 at 01:21:56.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2052 September 23 at 02:28:26.7 UTC
September 22, 2052 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.97338
Eclipse Obscuration 0.94747
Gamma −0.44804
Sun Right Ascension 12h02m27.0s
Sun Declination -00°15'55.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'56.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 12h01m56.4s
Moon Declination -00°39'49.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'17.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'08.8"
ΔT 85.7 s

Eclipse season

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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 September–October 2052
September 22
Ascending node (new moon)
October 8
Descending node (full moon)
   
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 135
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 147
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Eclipses in 2052

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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 135

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2051–2054

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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 eclipse on August 3, 2054 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 April 11, 2051
 
Partial
1.0169 125 October 4, 2051
 
Partial
−1.2094
130 March 30, 2052
 
Total
0.3238 135 September 22, 2052
 
Annular
−0.448
140 March 20, 2053
 
Annular
−0.4089 145 September 12, 2053
 
Total
0.314
150 March 9, 2054
 
Partial
−1.1711 155 September 2, 2054
 
Partial
1.0215

Saros 135

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331. It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511 through February 24, 2305; hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323 and March 18, 2341; and total eclipses from March 29, 2359 through May 22, 2449. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593. 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 16 at 10 minutes, 41 seconds on December 24, 1601, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 28–49 occur between 1801 and 2200:
28 29 30
 
May 5, 1818
 
May 15, 1836
 
May 26, 1854
31 32 33
 
June 6, 1872
 
June 17, 1890
 
June 28, 1908
34 35 36
 
July 9, 1926
 
July 20, 1944
 
July 31, 1962
37 38 39
 
August 10, 1980
 
August 22, 1998
 
September 1, 2016
40 42 42
 
September 12, 2034
 
September 22, 2052
 
October 4, 2070
43 44 45
 
October 14, 2088
 
October 26, 2106
 
November 6, 2124
46 47 48
 
November 17, 2142
 
November 27, 2160
 
December 9, 2178
49
 
December 19, 2196

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 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13 April 30–May 1 February 16–17 December 5–6 September 22–23
117 119 121 123 125
 
July 13, 2018
 
April 30, 2022
 
February 17, 2026
 
December 5, 2029
 
September 23, 2033
127 129 131 133 135
 
July 13, 2037
 
April 30, 2041
 
February 16, 2045
 
December 5, 2048
 
September 22, 2052
137 139 141 143 145
 
July 12, 2056
 
April 30, 2060
 
February 17, 2064
 
December 6, 2067
 
September 23, 2071
147 149 151 153 155
 
July 13, 2075
 
May 1, 2079
 
February 16, 2083
 
December 6, 2086
 
September 23, 2090
157
 
July 12, 2094

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
 
September 8, 1801
(Saros 112)
 
August 7, 1812
(Saros 113)
 
July 8, 1823
(Saros 114)
 
June 7, 1834
(Saros 115)
 
May 6, 1845
(Saros 116)
 
April 5, 1856
(Saros 117)
 
March 6, 1867
(Saros 118)
 
February 2, 1878
(Saros 119)
 
January 1, 1889
(Saros 120)
 
December 3, 1899
(Saros 121)
 
November 2, 1910
(Saros 122)
 
October 1, 1921
(Saros 123)
 
August 31, 1932
(Saros 124)
 
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125)
 
June 30, 1954
(Saros 126)
 
May 30, 1965
(Saros 127)
 
April 29, 1976
(Saros 128)
 
March 29, 1987
(Saros 129)
 
February 26, 1998
(Saros 130)
 
January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)
 
December 26, 2019
(Saros 132)
 
November 25, 2030
(Saros 133)
 
October 25, 2041
(Saros 134)
 
September 22, 2052
(Saros 135)
 
August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)
 
July 24, 2074
(Saros 137)
 
June 22, 2085
(Saros 138)
 
May 22, 2096
(Saros 139)
 
April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)
 
March 22, 2118
(Saros 141)
 
February 18, 2129
(Saros 142)
 
January 20, 2140
(Saros 143)
 
December 19, 2150
(Saros 144)
 
November 17, 2161
(Saros 145)
 
October 17, 2172
(Saros 146)
 
September 16, 2183
(Saros 147)
 
August 16, 2194
(Saros 148)

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
 
March 4, 1821
(Saros 127)
 
February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)
 
January 22, 1879
(Saros 129)
 
January 3, 1908
(Saros 130)
 
December 13, 1936
(Saros 131)
 
November 23, 1965
(Saros 132)
 
November 3, 1994
(Saros 133)
 
October 14, 2023
(Saros 134)
 
September 22, 2052
(Saros 135)
 
September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)
 
August 15, 2110
(Saros 137)
 
July 25, 2139
(Saros 138)
 
July 5, 2168
(Saros 139)
 
June 15, 2197
(Saros 140)

References

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  1. ^ "September 22–23, 2052 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2052 Sep 22". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 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 135". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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