Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
A total solar eclipse will take place on 6 January, 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | -0.9373 |
Magnitude | 1.0342 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 109 sec (1 m 49 s) |
Coordinates | 87.2°S 173.7°W |
Max. width of band | 340 km (210 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 10:07:27 |
References | |
Saros | 152 (16 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9677 |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2073–2076
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]
122 | February 7, 2073 Partial |
127 | August 3, 2073 Total |
132 | January 27, 2074 Annular |
137 | July 24, 2074 Annular |
142 | January 16, 2075 Total |
147 | July 13, 2075 Annular |
152 | January 6, 2076 Total |
157 | July 1, 2076 Partial |
Saros 152
Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.[2]
Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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7 | 8 | 9 |
September 30, 1913 |
October 11, 1931 |
October 21, 1949 |
10 | 11 | 12 |
November 2, 1967 |
November 12, 1985 |
November 23, 2003 |
13 | 14 | 15 |
December 4, 2021 |
December 15, 2039 |
December 26, 2057 |
16 | 17 | |
January 6, 2076 |
January 16, 2094 |
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 descending node.
21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
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May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
June 1, 2011 |
March 20, 2015 |
January 6, 2019 |
October 25, 2022 |
August 12, 2026 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
June 1, 2030 |
March 20, 2034 |
January 5, 2038 |
October 25, 2041 |
August 12, 2045 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 31, 2049 |
March 20, 2053 |
January 5, 2057 |
October 24, 2060 |
August 12, 2064 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 31, 2068 |
March 19, 2072 |
January 6, 2076 |
October 24, 2079 |
August 13, 2083 |
158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
June 1, 2087 |
October 24, 2098 |
Notes
- 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.
- Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC