Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 4, 2070,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9731. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6.1 days before apogee (on October 10, 2070, at 8:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Madagascar. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
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 | 2070 October 4 at 04:21:51.1 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2070 October 4 at 05:29:10.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2070 October 4 at 05:30:38.6 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2070 October 4 at 05:32:07.7 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2070 October 4 at 07:03:22.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2070 October 4 at 07:08:56.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2070 October 4 at 07:26:25.7 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2070 October 4 at 07:44:44.1 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2070 October 4 at 08:45:30.7 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2070 October 4 at 08:47:02.9 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2070 October 4 at 08:48:34.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2070 October 4 at 09:56:00.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.97311 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.94694 |
| Gamma | −0.49496 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 12h42m00.6s |
| Sun Declination | -04°30'57.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'59.1" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 12h41m27.3s |
| Moon Declination | -04°57'29.9" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'20.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'19.0" |
| ΔT | 98.1 s |
Eclipse season
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| October 4 Ascending node (new moon) |
October 19 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2070Oct04A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2070Oct19.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 135 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 147 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2070
- A total solar eclipse on April 11.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 25.
- An annular solar eclipse on October 4.
- A partial lunar eclipse on October 19.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 10, 2079
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081
Solar Saros 135
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1983
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 5, 2157
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
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 eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | April 21, 2069 File:SE2069Apr21P.png Partial |
1.0624 | 125 | October 15, 2069 File:SE2069Oct15P.png Partial |
−1.2524 | |
| 130 | April 11, 2070 File:SE2070Apr11T.png Total |
0.3652 | 135 | October 4, 2070 File:SE2070Oct04A.png Annular |
−0.495 | |
| 140 | March 31, 2071 File:SE2071Mar31A.png Annular |
−0.3739 | 145 | September 23, 2071 File:SE2071Sep23T.png Total |
0.262 | |
| 150 | March 19, 2072 File:SE2072Mar19P.png Partial |
−1.1405 | 155 | September 12, 2072 File:SE2072Sep12T.png Total |
0.9655 | |
Saros 135
Template:Solar Saros series 135
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 2036–2112
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2005 April 8
Inex series
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1810Apr04A.gif April 4, 1810 (Saros 126) |
File:SE1839Mar15T.gif March 15, 1839 (Saros 127) |
File:SE1868Feb23A.gif February 23, 1868 (Saros 128) |
| File:SE1897Feb01A.gif February 1, 1897 (Saros 129) |
File:SE1926Jan14T.png January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
File:SE1954Dec25A.png December 25, 1954 (Saros 131) |
| File:SE1983Dec04A.png December 4, 1983 (Saros 132) |
File:SE2012Nov13T.png November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
File:SE2041Oct25A.png October 25, 2041 (Saros 134) |
| File:SE2070Oct04A.png October 4, 2070 (Saros 135) |
File:SE2099Sep14T.png September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
File:SE2128Aug25A.png August 25, 2128 (Saros 137) |
| File:SE2157Aug05A.png August 5, 2157 (Saros 138) |
File:SE2186Jul16T.png July 16, 2186 (Saros 139) |
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References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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