Solar eclipse of June 1, 2076

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Monday, June 1, 2076. 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 June 1, 2076
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.3897
Magnitude0.2897
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64.4°S 51.2°W / -64.4; -51.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:31:22
References
Saros119 (69 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9679

Solar eclipses 2076–2079

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 2076–2079
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
119June 1, 2076

Partial
124November 26, 2076

Partial
129May 22, 2077

Total
134November 15, 2077

Annular
139May 11, 2078

Total
144November 4, 2078

Annular
149May 1, 2079

Total
154October 24, 2079

Annular

Saros 119

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

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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