A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, August 2, 2046, 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.

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.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2046(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 Maceió 05:38:09 (sunrise) 05:50:02 05:51:02 05:52:03 06:56:40 2:01 1:19 1.0102 Aracaju 05:45:11 (sunrise) 05:50:58 05:51:38 05:52:19 06:56:34 1:21 1:11 1.0043 Huambo 09:49:19 11:19:26 11:21:44 11:24:01 12:53:33 4:35 3:04 1.0178 Menongue 09:56:56 11:27:09 11:29:34 11:31:59 13:00:05 4:50 3:03 1.0263 Maun 11:19:16 12:48:26 12:50:33 12:52:40 14:16:23 4:14 2:57 1.0168 Serowe 11:30:40 12:58:09 13:00:21 13:02:33 14:23:29 4:24 2:53 1.0238 Shoshong 11:31:12 12:58:57 13:00:42 13:02:28 14:23:44 3:31 2:53 1.0109 Lerala 11:33:41 13:01:04 13:02:52 13:04:41 14:25:15 3:37 2:52 1.0116 Polokwane 11:39:09 13:06:26 13:07:18 13:08:09 14:28:18 1:43 2:49 1.0023 Mbombela 11:44:38 13:10:09 13:11:35 13:13:01 14:31:13 2:52 2:47 1.0072 Matsulu 11:45:28 13:11:42 13:12:15 13:12:48 14:31:39 1:06 2:46 1.0011 Mbabane 11:46:05 13:10:36 13:12:39 13:14:42 14:31:55 4:06 2:46 1.0229 Manzini 11:46:48 13:11:10 13:13:12 13:15:14 14:32:17 4:04 2:45 1.0221 Big Bend 11:48:22 13:12:28 13:14:25 13:16:21 14:33:05 3:53 2:45 1.018 Port-aux-Français 15:45:34 16:47:52 16:48:51 16:49:51 17:04:15 (sunset) 1:59 1:19 1.0097References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2046(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Fortaleza 05:41:42 (sunrise) 05:46:28 06:48:15 1:07 76.98% Recife 05:32:45 (sunrise) 05:50:08 06:56:01 1:23 97.30% Salvador 05:53:32 (sunrise) 05:55:49 06:57:12 1:04 93.66% Freetown 07:53:26 08:56:49 10:08:39 2:15 52.39% Monrovia 07:53:47 09:00:58 10:17:31 2:24 61.40% Georgetown 07:56:48 09:07:26 10:29:15 2:32 94.60% Yamoussoukro 07:58:14 09:08:47 10:28:35 2:30 59.90% Abidjan 07:59:11 09:12:00 10:34:26 2:35 65.41% Accra 08:03:36 09:18:42 10:42:43 2:39 63.24% Lomé 08:05:33 09:20:53 10:44:37 2:39 60.29% Porto-Novo 09:07:36 10:23:16 11:46:52 2:39 58.05% Lagos 09:08:40 10:24:44 11:48:32 2:40 57.65% Jamestown 08:16:36 09:33:05 10:59:25 2:43 68.95% São Tomé 08:15:29 09:39:12 11:09:56 2:54 76.55% Malabo 09:18:05 10:39:25 12:06:36 2:49 61.90% Yaoundé 09:23:41 10:45:28 12:11:41 2:48 57.70% Libreville 09:20:38 10:45:30 12:15:53 2:55 72.79% Brazzaville 09:37:05 11:06:46 12:37:47 3:01 78.31% Kinshasa 09:37:13 11:06:55 12:37:57 3:01 78.44% Luanda 09:37:45 11:09:00 12:42:07 3:04 96.60% Rundu 11:07:14 12:39:25 14:07:54 3:01 99.59% Windhoek 11:09:47 12:39:33 14:06:36 2:57 81.73% Lusaka 11:24:55 12:54:33 14:17:32 2:53 80.34% Gaborone 11:32:22 13:01:18 14:23:59 2:52 96.53% Harare 11:35:18 13:03:16 14:23:52 2:49 79.99% Lilongwe 11:38:59 13:03:16 14:20:19 2:41 61.33% Johannesburg 11:39:18 13:06:58 14:27:56 2:49 97.40% Maseru 11:42:42 13:08:42 14:28:23 2:46 87.92% Maputo 11:48:44 13:14:46 14:33:17 2:45 99.07% Île de la Possession 15:31:26 16:41:16 17:45:50 2:14 88.35%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.

+August 2, 2046 Solar Eclipse Times 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

+August 2, 2046 Solar Eclipse Parameters 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

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 July–August 2046 July 18Ascending node (full moon) August 2Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 120 Total solar eclipseSolar 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

Saros 146

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2046Aug02T.GIF