Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, August 2, 2046,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0531. 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 greater than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2 days before perigee (on August 4, 2046, at 10:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
The path of totality will be visible from parts of eastern Brazil, Angola, the panhandle of Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, extreme southern Mozambique, and the Kerguelen Islands. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern South America, Africa, and East Antarctica.
Images
File:SE2046Aug02T.gif
Animated path
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2046 August 2 at 07:49:48.4 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2046 August 2 at 08:51:12.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2046 August 2 at 08:52:25.1 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2046 August 2 at 08:53:38.5 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2046 August 2 at 10:17:25.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2046 August 2 at 10:21:13.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2046 August 2 at 10:26:44.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2046 August 2 at 10:43:07.1 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2046 August 2 at 11:48:31.9 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2046 August 2 at 11:49:47.3 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2046 August 2 at 11:51:02.5 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2046 August 2 at 12:52:25.2 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.05315 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.10912 |
| Gamma | −0.53496 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 08h51m04.7s |
| Sun Declination | +17°39'03.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'45.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 08h50m16.1s |
| Moon Declination | +17°09'10.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'21.8" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'03.4" |
| ΔT | 82.1 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| July 18 Ascending node (full moon) |
August 2 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2046Jul18.png | File:SE2046Aug02T.png |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 120 |
Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2046
- A partial lunar eclipse on January 22.
- An annular solar eclipse on February 5.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 18.
- A total solar eclipse on August 2.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2050
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2037
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2055
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057
Solar Saros 146
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2075
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 3, 2133
Solar eclipses of 2044–2047
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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 28, 2044 File:SE2044Feb28A.png Annular |
−0.9954 | 126 | August 23, 2044 File:SE2044Aug23T.png Total |
0.9613 | |
| 131 | February 16, 2045 File:SE2045Feb16A.png Annular |
−0.3125 | 136 | August 12, 2045 File:SE2045Aug12T.png Total |
0.2116 | |
| 141 | February 5, 2046 File:SE2046Feb05A.png Annular |
0.3765 | 146 | August 2, 2046 File:SE2046Aug02T.png Total |
−0.535 | |
| 151 | January 26, 2047 File:SE2047Jan26P.png Partial |
1.045 | 156 | July 22, 2047 File:SE2047Jul22P.png Partial |
−1.3477 | |
Saros 146
Template:Solar Saros series 146
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 May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
| File:SE1993May21P.png May 21, 1993 |
File:SE1997Mar09T.png March 9, 1997 |
File:SE2000Dec25P.png December 25, 2000 |
File:SE2004Oct14P.png October 14, 2004 |
File:SE2008Aug01T.png August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
| File:SE2012May20A.png May 20, 2012 |
File:SE2016Mar09T.png March 9, 2016 |
File:SE2019Dec26A.png December 26, 2019 |
File:SE2023Oct14A.png October 14, 2023 |
File:SE2027Aug02T.png August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
| File:SE2031May21A.png May 21, 2031 |
File:SE2035Mar09A.png March 9, 2035 |
File:SE2038Dec26T.png December 26, 2038 |
File:SE2042Oct14A.png October 14, 2042 |
File:SE2046Aug02T.png August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
| File:SE2050May20H.png May 20, 2050 |
File:SE2054Mar09P.png March 9, 2054 |
File:SE2057Dec26T.png December 26, 2057 |
File:SE2061Oct13A.png October 13, 2061 |
File:SE2065Aug02P.png August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
| File:SE2069May20P.png May 20, 2069 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2002 December 4
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2017 August 21
References
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