A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 7, 2094, with a magnitude of 0.7046. 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 last of four solar eclipses in 2094, with the others occurring on January 16, June 13, and July 12.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for much of North America.
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 7, 2094 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2094 December 7 at 18:10:55.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2094 December 7 at 19:39:53.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2094 December 7 at 19:53:21.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2094 December 7 at 20:05:55.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2094 December 7 at 22:01:01.1 UTC
+December 7, 2094 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.70458 Eclipse Obscuration 0.62218 Gamma 1.15470 Sun Right Ascension 17h00m09.4s Sun Declination -22°42'52.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h01m06.4s Moon Declination -21°37'52.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'41.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'35.2" ΔT 118.7 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 December 2094 December 7Descending node (new moon) December 21Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 124 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 136
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2094 A partial lunar eclipse on January 1. A total solar eclipse on January 16. A partial solar eclipse on June 13. A total lunar eclipse on June 28. A partial solar eclipse on July 12. A partial solar eclipse on December 7. A total lunar eclipse on December 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 25, 2098
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2087 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2102
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 1, 2085 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 13, 2103
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105
Solar Saros 124 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 19, 2112
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 18, 2123
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 8, 2181
Solar eclipses of 2094–2098
Saros 124
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2094Dec07P.GIF