A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, February 6 and Tuesday, February 7, 2073, with a magnitude of 0.6768. 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 East Asia, Northeast Asia, and western Alaska.
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 7, 2073 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2073 February 06 at 23:52:47.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2073 February 07 at 01:42:33.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2073 February 07 at 01:55:59.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2073 February 07 at 02:26:11.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2073 February 07 at 03:59:00.8 UTC
+February 7, 2073 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.67685 Eclipse Obscuration 0.57838 Gamma 1.16506 Sun Right Ascension 21h25m15.3s Sun Declination -15°09'16.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 21h24m18.6s Moon Declination -14°07'10.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'54.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'44.3" ΔT 99.9 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 February 2073 February 7Descending node (new moon) February 22Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2073 A partial solar eclipse on February 7. A total lunar eclipse on February 22. A total solar eclipse on August 3. A total lunar eclipse on August 17.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 13, 2082
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084
Solar Saros 122 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2102
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 9, 2159
Solar eclipses of 2073–2076
Saros 122
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics