An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Sunday, November 3 and Monday, November 4, 2097, with a magnitude of 0.9494. 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 5.4 days before apogee (on November 9, 2097, at 12:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southwestern Australia and Antarctica. This annular eclipse is notable in that the path of annularity passes over the South Pole.
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.
+November 4, 2097 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2097 November 3 at 23:34:35.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2097 November 4 at 01:06:01.0 UTC First Central Line 2097 November 4 at 01:10:07.9 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2097 November 4 at 01:14:32.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2097 November 4 at 02:01:25.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2097 November 4 at 02:10:27.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2097 November 4 at 02:11:36.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2097 November 4 at 02:45:40.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2097 November 4 at 02:47:47.0 UTC Last Central Line 2097 November 4 at 02:52:14.7 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2097 November 4 at 02:56:25.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2097 November 4 at 04:28:03.3 UTC
+November 4, 2097 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.94941 Eclipse Obscuration 0.90138 Gamma −0.89264 Sun Right Ascension 14h40m01.3s Sun Declination -15°33'59.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h38m39.0s Moon Declination -16°19'33.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'12.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'48.3" ΔT 121.5 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–November 2097 October 21Ascending node (full moon) November 4Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2097 A partial lunar eclipse on April 26. A total solar eclipse on May 11. A total lunar eclipse on October 21. An annular solar eclipse on November 4.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2101
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2090 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2104
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2088 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 11, 2106
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2086 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2108
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2115
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 16, 2126
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 4, 2184
Solar eclipses of 2094–2098
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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