Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084

A partial solar eclipse will occur on January 7, 2084. 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 January 7, 2084
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.0715
Magnitude0.8723
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64.4°S 68.5°E / -64.4; 68.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:30:23
References
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Catalog # (SE5000)9696

Solar eclipses 2083–2087

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]

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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