A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, December 5, 2048, with a magnitude of 1.044. 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 16.5 hours before perigee (on December 6, 2048, at 8:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, Namibia, and Botswana. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of December 5, 2048(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Facundo 10:54:13 12:08:48 12:10:01 12:11:14 13:29:59 2:26 2:36 1.007 Comodoro Rivadavia 10:58:07 12:13:53 12:14:37 12:15:21 13:34:37 1:28 2:37 1.0023 Camarones 10:59:17 12:16:10 12:17:00 12:17:50 13:37:57 1:40 2:39 1.0032 Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 15:37:55 16:46:40 16:47:55 16:49:08 17:50:45 2:28 2:13 1.0189References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of December 5, 2048(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Adamstown 05:42:32 (sunrise) 06:03:01 06:57:26 1:15 90.11% Easter Island 08:07:37 09:04:55 10:08:46 2:01 91.86% Gambier Islands 05:05:55 (sunrise) 05:08:31 05:55:30 0:50 83.39% Santiago 10:42:06 11:57:58 13:20:35 2:38 61.05% Asunción 11:16:24 12:27:46 13:40:25 2:24 24.12% Buenos Aires 11:06:43 12:28:07 13:51:01 2:44 58.50% Stanley 11:18:02 12:32:39 13:47:43 2:30 82.69% Montevideo 11:11:36 12:33:45 13:56:14 2:45 59.28% Pelotas 11:22:41 12:44:01 14:03:36 2:41 47.05% Rio Grande 11:23:04 12:44:39 14:04:19 2:41 48.08% Orcadas Base 11:43:37 12:47:37 13:50:28 2:07 50.90% King Edward Point 12:50:24 14:01:06 15:08:46 2:18 69.02% São Paulo 11:54:22 13:03:51 14:09:02 2:15 19.99% Rio de Janeiro 12:06:01 13:14:30 14:17:32 2:12 20.03% Maputo 18:11:42 18:28:38 18:31:17 (sunset) 0:20 20.98% Mbabane 18:11:41 18:29:40 18:37:45 (sunset) 0:26 22.65% Bouvet Island 16:37:40 17:30:20 18:20:06 1:42 38.61% Mongu 18:21:35 18:45:40 18:48:07 (sunset) 0:27 33.55% Johannesburg 18:12:05 18:47:13 18:49:53 (sunset) 0:38 57.17% Gaborone 18:13:23 18:52:32 18:55:10 (sunset) 0:42 67.36% Maseru 18:09:53 18:56:15 18:59:02 (sunset) 0:49 70.80% Cape Town 18:04:55 18:58:52 19:46:30 (sunset) 1:42 71.30% Ghanzi 18:16:02 19:03:40 19:06:13 (sunset) 0:50 88.20% Menongue 17:23:11 18:05:43 18:08:46 (sunset) 0:46 63.78% Tshane 18:14:01 19:07:24 19:10:01 (sunset) 0:56 96.01% Windhoek 18:15:08 19:10:05 19:26:15 (sunset) 1:11 97.85% Huambo 17:25:34 18:10:45 18:13:17 (sunset) 0:48 60.01% Luanda 17:31:04 18:13:33 18:16:25 (sunset) 0:45 44.30% Jamestown 16:18:30 17:15:29 18:06:41 1:48 42.50% Lubango 17:23:19 18:16:43 18:26:03 (sunset) 1:03 67.23%References:

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.

+December 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2048 December 5 at 13:01:48.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2048 December 5 at 13:59:50.8 UTC First Central Line 2048 December 5 at 14:00:39.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2048 December 5 at 14:01:27.6 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2048 December 5 at 15:11:41.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2048 December 5 at 15:31:22.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2048 December 5 at 15:35:26.7 UTC Greatest Duration 2048 December 5 at 15:36:11.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2048 December 5 at 15:36:12.8 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2048 December 5 at 15:59:10.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2048 December 5 at 17:09:24.3 UTC Last Central Line 2048 December 5 at 17:10:13.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2048 December 5 at 17:11:02.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2048 December 5 at 18:09:03.3 UTC

+December 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.04400 Eclipse Obscuration 1.08994 Gamma −0.39728 Sun Right Ascension 16h51m20.5s Sun Declination -22°29'40.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 16h51m18.6s Moon Declination -22°53'56.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'40.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'13.3" ΔT 83.5 s

Eclipse season

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.

+ Eclipse season of December 2048 December 5Ascending node (new moon) December 20Descending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 133 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 145

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2048 A total lunar eclipse on January 1. An annular solar eclipse on June 11. A partial lunar eclipse on June 26. A total solar eclipse on December 5. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 20.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2039 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2057

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059

Solar Saros 133 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 7, 2135

Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

Saros 133

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

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