Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, December 7, 2094. 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. It will be visible across North America.

Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1547
Magnitude0.7046
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates10.5°S 39°E / -10.5; 39
Max. width of band142 km (88 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:05:56
References
Saros124 (59 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9721

Solar eclipses 2094–2098

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]

119June 13, 2094

Partial
124December 7, 2094

Partial
129June 2, 2095

Total
134November 27, 2095

Annular
139May 22, 2096

Total
144November 15, 2096

Annular
149May 11, 2097

Total
154November 4, 2097

Annular
  164October 24, 2098

Partial

Saros 124

Solar saros 124, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211, to September 22, 1968, and a hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest total eclipse occurred on May 3, 1734, at 5 minutes and 46 seconds.[2]

Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100:
43 44 45

June 16, 1806

June 26, 1824

July 8, 1842
46 47 48

July 18, 1860

July 29, 1878

August 9, 1896
49 50 51

August 21, 1914

August 31, 1932

September 12, 1950
52 53 54

September 22, 1968

October 3, 1986

October 14, 2004
55 56 57

October 25, 2022

November 4, 2040

November 16, 2058
58 59

November 26, 2076

December 7, 2094

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.
  2. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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