A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 6, 2067, with a magnitude of 1.0011. It is a hybrid event, beginning and ending as an annular eclipse. 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 hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth's surface. Totality occurs between the annularity paths across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.4 days before perigee (on December 10, 2067, at 0:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of the eclipse will be visible as an annular eclipse from parts of southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, southern Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana before transitioning to a total eclipse. Totality will be visible from parts of Brazil before the eclipse transforms back to an annular eclipse, then passing over Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Sudan. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, southern Europe, and Africa.
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 6, 2067 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 11:18:45.6 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 12:19:30.5 UTC First Central Line 2067 December 06 at 12:20:00.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2067 December 06 at 12:20:00.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 12:20:29.9 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 13:26:13.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2067 December 06 at 14:03:13.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2067 December 06 at 14:03:43.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2067 December 06 at 14:06:46.9 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 14:41:15.1 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 15:46:59.0 UTC Last Central Line 2067 December 06 at 15:47:26.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 15:47:53.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 16:48:35.3 UTC
+December 6, 2067 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.00113 Eclipse Obscuration 1.00226 Gamma 0.28446 Sun Right Ascension 16h52m45.8s Sun Declination -22°31'49.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 16h52m46.9s Moon Declination -22°15'09.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'59.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'42.2" ΔT 96.0 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 November–December 2067 November 21Descending node (full moon) December 6Ascending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 117 Hybrid solar eclipseSolar Saros 143
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2067 A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 28. An annular solar eclipse on June 11. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 27. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 21. A hybrid solar eclipse on December 6.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2058 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2076
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
Solar Saros 143 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1981 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 7, 2154
Solar eclipses of 2065–2069
Saros 143
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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