A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17, 2047, with a magnitude of 0.8816. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This will be the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2047, with the others occurring on January 26, June 23, and July 22.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southern Chile, and southern Argentina.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of December 16, 2047(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Casey Station 06:12:00 07:00:29 07:50:55 1:39 39.55% Davis Station 05:18:48 06:07:45 06:58:10 1:39 60.59% Macquarie Island 10:06:14 10:10:10 10:14:05 0:08 0.01% Dumont d'Urville Station 08:22:32 09:10:23 09:59:52 1:37 25.26% Mawson Station 03:23:10 04:11:24 05:00:52 1:38 67.61% Port-aux-Français 04:07:42 (sunrise) 04:11:57 04:30:28 0:23 20.33% Concordia Station 06:26:22 07:18:29 08:11:56 1:46 46.82% Zucchelli Station 11:40:55 12:33:56 13:27:32 1:47 36.33% McMurdo Station 11:43:08 12:37:07 13:31:31 1:48 43.02% Troll 22:54:34 23:43:19 00:32:04 1:38 84.32% Neumayer Station III 23:00:28 23:49:01 00:37:22 1:37 85.03% Belgrano II Base 20:04:29 20:55:47 21:46:35 1:42 79.07% Stanley 20:47:23 21:02:04 21:06:40 (sunset) 0:19 17.73% Bariloche 21:11:02 21:12:55 21:14:47 (sunset) 0:04 0.73% Comodoro Rivadavia 21:01:26 21:13:20 21:17:09 (sunset) 0:16 11.93% Orcadas Base 20:28:42 21:16:09 21:28:13 (sunset) 1:00 77.66% Valdivia 21:14:32 21:16:20 21:18:08 (sunset) 0:04 0.66% Osorno 21:13:15 21:16:51 21:20:12 (sunset) 0:07 1.87% San Martín Base 20:27:22 21:18:12 22:07:39 1:40 71.56% Marambio Base 20:29:50 21:19:00 22:06:54 1:37 74.70% Rothera Research Station 20:28:33 21:19:20 22:08:41 1:40 70.90% Esperanza Base 20:31:10 21:20:09 22:07:50 1:37 74.16% Palmer Station 20:31:47 21:21:37 22:10:01 1:38 71.62% Carlini Base 20:33:31 21:22:18 22:09:45 1:36 72.81% Coyhaique 21:04:47 21:30:31 21:34:18 (sunset) 0:30 31.50% Puerto Williams 20:48:12 21:35:27 22:06:02 (sunset) 1:18 62.10% Ushuaia 20:48:44 21:35:59 22:07:58 (sunset) 1:19 61.54% Río Grande 20:49:58 21:36:51 21:58:41 (sunset) 1:09 60.78% Punta Arenas 20:52:30 21:39:20 22:07:34 (sunset) 1:15 58.05% El Calafate 20:57:34 21:43:23 21:57:01 (sunset) 0:59 53.63%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 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2047 December 16 at 21:54:51.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2047 December 16 at 23:39:29.9 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2047 December 16 at 23:43:45.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2047 December 16 at 23:50:12.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2047 December 17 at 01:45:38.8 UTC
+December 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.88166 Eclipse Obscuration 0.85529 Gamma −1.06605 Sun Right Ascension 17h37m56.6s Sun Declination -23°20'10.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h38m13.1s Moon Declination -24°24'51.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'35.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'54.9" ΔT 82.9 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 2047–January 2048 December 16Ascending node (new moon) January 1Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 123 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 135
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2047 A total lunar eclipse on January 12. A partial solar eclipse on January 26. A partial solar eclipse on June 23. A total lunar eclipse on July 7. A partial solar eclipse on July 22. A partial solar eclipse on December 16.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 22, 2056
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Solar Saros 123 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 17, 2134
Solar eclipses of 2047–2050
Saros 123
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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