A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 5, 2065, with a magnitude of 0.9123. 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 first of four partial solar eclipses in 2065, with the others occurring on July 3, August 2, and December 27.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of North Africa, West Africa, Europe, and Central Asia.
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 5, 2065 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2065 February 5 at 07:40:45.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2065 February 5 at 09:52:25.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2065 February 5 at 10:03:58.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2065 February 5 at 10:42:35.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2065 February 5 at 12:03:51.2 UTC
+February 5, 2065 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.91233 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86757 Gamma 1.03356 Sun Right Ascension 21h18m22.7s Sun Declination -15°41'30.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 21h16m47.2s Moon Declination -14°47'52.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'25.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'37.5" ΔT 93.9 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 January–February 2065 January 22Descending node (full moon) February 5Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2065 A total lunar eclipse on January 22. A partial solar eclipse on February 5. A partial solar eclipse on July 3. A total lunar eclipse on July 17. A partial solar eclipse on August 2. A partial solar eclipse on December 27.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 1, 2056 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2074
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 8, 2151
Solar eclipses of 2062–2065
Saros 151
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2065Feb05P.GIF