Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, February 5, 2065. 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 February 5, 2065
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0336
Magnitude0.9123
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62.2°N 21.9°W / 62.2; -21.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:52:26
References
Saros151 (17 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9652

Solar eclipses 2062–2065

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]

121March 11, 2062

Partial
126September 3, 2062

Partial
131February 28, 2063

Annular
136August 24, 2063

Total
141February 17, 2064

Annular
146August 12, 2064

Total
151February 5, 2065

Partial
156August 2, 2065

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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