An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, September 22 and Monday, September 23, 2052, with a magnitude of 0.9734. 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 5.9 days before apogee (on September 28, 2052, at 20:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Indonesia, East Timor, the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, and New Caledonia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Oceania, 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.
+September 22, 2052 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2052 September 22 at 20:49:51.5 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2052 September 22 at 21:56:15.3 UTC First Central Line 2052 September 22 at 21:57:42.0 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2052 September 22 at 21:59:08.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2052 September 22 at 23:34:05.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2052 September 22 at 23:39:09.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2052 September 22 at 23:55:26.1 UTC Greatest Duration 2052 September 23 at 00:05:29.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2052 September 23 at 01:18:56.2 UTC Last Central Line 2052 September 23 at 01:20:26.2 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2052 September 23 at 01:21:56.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2052 September 23 at 02:28:26.7 UTC
+September 22, 2052 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.97338 Eclipse Obscuration 0.94747 Gamma −0.44804 Sun Right Ascension 12h02m27.0s Sun Declination -00°15'55.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'56.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h01m56.4s Moon Declination -00°39'49.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'17.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'08.8" ΔT 85.7 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 September–October 2052 September 22Ascending node (new moon) October 8Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2052 A total solar eclipse on March 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14. An annular solar eclipse on September 22. A partial lunar eclipse on October 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 19, 2043 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Solar Saros 135 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 25, 2139
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
Saros 135
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics