Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 16, 2045, with a magnitude of 0.9285. 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 2.8 days after apogee (on February 14, 2045, at 3:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Kiribati. A partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Australia, Antarctica, Oceania, Hawaii, and southwestern North America.

Images Animated path

Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of February 16, 2045(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Greymouth 10:15:50 11:44:37 11:48:15 11:51:52 13:26:47 7:15 3:11 85.50% Christchurch 10:17:39 11:48:13 11:49:56 11:51:39 13:27:42 3:26 3:10 85.81% Richmond 10:18:17 11:49:09 11:52:25 11:55:42 13:32:03 6:33 3:14 85.87% Nelson 10:18:25 11:49:25 11:52:39 11:55:53 13:32:20 6:28 3:14 85.88% Blenheim 10:19:16 11:49:56 11:53:39 11:57:21 13:33:11 7:25 3:14 85.89% Wellington 10:20:22 11:51:32 11:55:17 11:59:02 13:35:01 7:30 3:15 85.91% Paraparaumu 10:20:44 11:52:24 11:56:01 11:59:40 13:36:03 7:16 3:15 85.92% Whanganui 10:21:02 11:55:43 11:57:02 11:58:22 13:37:47 2:39 3:17 85.95% Palmerston North 10:21:41 11:54:19 11:57:40 12:00:59 13:38:06 6:40 3:16 85.95% Napier 10:23:48 11:58:07 12:00:59 12:03:51 13:42:01 5:44 3:18 86.00% Gisborne 10:25:48 12:02:02 12:04:03 12:06:03 13:45:33 4:01 3:20 86.04% Rarotonga 12:36:46 14:20:06 14:23:50 14:27:34 15:58:38 7:28 3:22 86.27% Aitutaki 12:42:35 14:29:34 14:29:46 14:30:00 16:04:02 0:26 3:21 86.26%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of February 16, 2045(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Perth 05:56:06 (sunrise) 05:58:55 07:01:10 1:05 51.79% Melbourne 07:55:39 09:10:58 10:36:52 2:41 60.65% Sydney 08:00:21 09:18:00 10:46:59 2:47 48.48% Brisbane 07:09:21 08:22:29 09:46:24 2:37 29.14% Casey Station 05:33:08 06:27:21 07:23:54 1:51 29.77% Dumont d'Urville Station 07:30:39 08:31:41 09:35:29 2:05 33.08% Kingston 09:22:24 10:54:38 12:34:33 3:12 45.51% Auckland 10:22:09 11:59:50 13:42:19 3:20 78.15% Nouméa 08:36:52 10:01:11 11:32:09 2:55 24.91% Port Vila 08:56:07 10:16:19 11:40:08 2:44 16.65% Suva 10:06:51 11:45:55 13:21:33 3:15 34.33% Nuku'alofa 11:06:51 12:53:51 14:34:21 3:28 55.21% Alofi 11:22:05 13:10:45 14:49:27 3:27 63.30% Mata Utu 10:32:16 12:12:55 13:45:11 3:13 35.87% Funafuti 10:50:12 12:15:07 13:34:01 2:44 16.97% Apia 11:36:03 13:21:01 14:55:29 3:19 47.51% Pago Pago 11:36:04 13:21:58 14:57:00 3:21 51.08% Fakaofo 11:53:33 13:34:11 15:03:42 3:10 39.77% Papeete 13:08:46 14:48:13 16:14:14 3:05 75.42% Baker Island 11:36:17 12:48:39 13:54:28 2:18 11.47% Adamstown 15:42:01 16:53:15 17:56:41 2:15 29.10% Easter Island 19:16:58 20:00:48 20:41:36 1:25 9.79% Cabo San Lucas 17:53:48 18:14:28 18:16:52 (sunset) 0:23 14.83% Kiritimati 13:48:29 15:20:26 16:39:52 2:51 48.55% Clipperton Island 16:41:24 17:23:15 17:25:28 (sunset) 0:4 48.09% Tijuana 17:10:29 17:32:38 17:35:16 (sunset) 0:25 8.76% Los Angeles 17:14:26 17:35:41 17:38:21 (sunset) 0:24 6.89% Honolulu 14:58:25 15:46:24 16:30:46 1:32 6.80% San Francisco 17:28:46 17:47:32 17:50:23 (sunset) 0:22 2.36%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.

+February 16, 2045 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2045 February 16 at 20:54:17.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2045 February 16 at 22:00:55.6 UTC First Central Line 2045 February 16 at 22:04:06.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2045 February 16 at 22:07:18.0 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2045 February 16 at 23:22:03.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2045 February 16 at 23:38:01.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2045 February 16 at 23:38:37.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2045 February 16 at 23:52:22.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2045 February 16 at 23:56:06.6 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2045 February 17 at 00:30:36.9 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2045 February 17 at 01:45:08.0 UTC Last Central Line 2045 February 17 at 01:48:17.4 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2045 February 17 at 01:51:26.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2045 February 17 at 02:57:59.4 UTC

+February 16, 2045 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92847 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86205 Gamma −0.31254 Sun Right Ascension 22h03m27.1s Sun Declination -11°55'04.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'11.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h03m57.6s Moon Declination -12°10'17.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'48.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'22.2" ΔT 81.3 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 February–March 2045 February 16Ascending node (new moon) March 3Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2045 An annular solar eclipse on February 16. A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3. A total solar eclipse on August 12. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2054

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056

Solar Saros 131 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 19, 2131

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 131

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Notes

References

External links

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2045Feb16A.GIF