A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, October 4 and Thursday, October 5, 2051, with a magnitude of 0.6024. 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.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
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.
+October 4, 2051 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2051 October 4 at 19:03:47.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2051 October 4 at 20:48:07.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2051 October 4 at 21:02:14.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2051 October 4 at 21:47:07.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2051 October 4 at 23:00:22.7 UTC
+October 4, 2051 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.60242 Eclipse Obscuration 0.49381 Gamma −1.20938 Sun Right Ascension 12h42m39.3s Sun Declination -04°35'05.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'59.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h41m20.9s Moon Declination -05°37'21.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'44.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'05.8" ΔT 85.1 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 October 2051 October 4Ascending node (new moon) October 19Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 125 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 137
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2051 A partial solar eclipse on April 11. A total lunar eclipse on April 26. A partial solar eclipse on October 4. A total lunar eclipse on October 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
Solar Saros 125 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 5, 2138
Solar eclipses 2051–2054
Saros 125
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2051Oct04P.GIF