Solar eclipse of July 12, 2094

A partial solar eclipse will occur on July 12, 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.

Solar eclipse of July 12, 2094
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.3150
Magnitude0.4224
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68°N 52.8°E / 68; 52.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:24:35
References
Saros157 (3 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9720

Solar eclipses 2091–2094

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 eclipses 2091–2094
122February 18, 2091

Partial
127August 15, 2091

Total
132February 7, 2092

Annular
137August 3, 2092

Annular
142January 27, 2093

Total
147July 23, 2093

Annular
152January 16, 2094

Total
157July 12, 2094

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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