Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, June 12, 2029. 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 12, 2029
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.2943
Magnitude0.4576
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66.8°N 66.2°W / 66.8; -66.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:06:13
References
Saros118 (69 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9572

The eclipse will be visible from Northern and Central Europe, northern Russia, Arctic, Greenland, and northern North America.

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Solar eclipses 2029–2032

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029–2032
Descending node   Ascending node
118June 12, 2029

Partial
123December 5, 2029

Partial
128June 1, 2030

Annular
133November 25, 2030

Total
138May 21, 2031

Annular
143November 14, 2031

Hybrid
148May 9, 2032

Annular
153November 3, 2032

Partial

Saros 118

It is a part of Saros cycle 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 CE. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 CE through October 25, 1650, hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668, and November 15, 1686, and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704, through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. The longest duration of total was 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398.

Metonic cycle

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).

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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