| Solar eclipse of August 3, 2054 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.4941 |
| Magnitude | 0.0655 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69°48′S 121°18′W / 69.8°S 121.3°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:04:02 |
| References | |
| Saros | 117 (71 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9629 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Monday, August 3, 2054. 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. This event will be the 71st and final event of Solar Saros 117.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2054–2058
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 2054-58 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 | August 3, 2054 Partial |
122 | January 27, 2055 Partial | |
| 127 | July 24, 2055 Total |
132 | January 16, 2056 Annular | |
| 137 | July 12, 2056 Annular |
142 | January 5, 2057 Total | |
| 147 | July 1, 2057 Annular |
152 | December 26, 2057 Total | |
| 157 | June 21, 2058 Partial | |||
References
- ↑ 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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