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Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064

Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.4652
Magnitude1.0495
Maximum eclipse
Duration268 s (4 min 28 s)
Coordinates10°54′S 96°00′W / 10.9°S 96°W / -10.9; -96
Max. width of band184 km (114 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:46:06
References
Saros146 (30 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)9651

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, August 12, 2064,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0495. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.2 days before perigee (on August 14, 2064, at 21:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Chile and Argentina. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Oceania, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Antarctica. This eclipse will pass through the Chilean cities of Valparaíso and the capital Santiago.

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.[3]

August 12, 2064 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2064 August 12 at 15:11:35.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2064 August 12 at 16:11:44.1 UTC
First Central Line 2064 August 12 at 16:12:46.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2064 August 12 at 16:13:48.4 UTC
Greatest Duration 2064 August 12 at 17:42:17.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2064 August 12 at 17:46:06.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2064 August 12 at 17:50:55.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2064 August 12 at 18:08:08.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2064 August 12 at 19:18:07.7 UTC
Last Central Line 2064 August 12 at 19:19:12.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2064 August 12 at 19:20:16.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2064 August 12 at 20:20:24.3 UTC
August 12, 2064 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.04946
Eclipse Obscuration 1.10138
Gamma −0.46521
Sun Right Ascension 09h32m49.7s
Sun Declination +14°33'07.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'47.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 09h32m02.7s
Moon Declination +14°07'45.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'19.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'54.2"
ΔT 93.6 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 July–August 2064
July 28
Ascending node (full moon)
August 12
Descending node (new moon)
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 120
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 146

Eclipses in 2064

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 146

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2062–2065

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 March 11, 2062

Partial
−1.0238 126 September 3, 2062

Partial
1.0191
131 February 28, 2063

Annular
−0.336 136 August 24, 2063

Total
0.2771
141 February 17, 2064

Annular
0.3597 146 August 12, 2064

Total
−0.4652
151 February 5, 2065

Partial
1.0336 156 August 2, 2065

Partial
−1.2759

Saros 146

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200:
16 17 18

March 13, 1812

March 24, 1830

April 3, 1848
19 20 21

April 15, 1866

April 25, 1884

May 7, 1902
22 23 24

May 18, 1920

May 29, 1938

June 8, 1956
25 26 27

June 20, 1974

June 30, 1992

July 11, 2010
28 29 30

July 22, 2028

August 2, 2046

August 12, 2064
31 32 33

August 24, 2082

September 4, 2100

September 15, 2118
34 35 36

September 26, 2136

October 7, 2154

October 17, 2172
37

October 29, 2190

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1 March 19–20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 120 122 124 126

June 1, 2011

March 20, 2015

January 6, 2019

October 25, 2022

August 12, 2026
128 130 132 134 136

June 1, 2030

March 20, 2034

January 5, 2038

October 25, 2041

August 12, 2045
138 140 142 144 146

May 31, 2049

March 20, 2053

January 5, 2057

October 24, 2060

August 12, 2064
148 150 152 154 156

May 31, 2068

March 19, 2072

January 6, 2076

October 24, 2079

August 13, 2083
158 160 162 164

June 1, 2087

October 24, 2098

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

August 28, 1802
(Saros 122)

July 27, 1813
(Saros 123)

June 26, 1824
(Saros 124)

May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)

April 25, 1846
(Saros 126)

March 25, 1857
(Saros 127)

February 23, 1868
(Saros 128)

January 22, 1879
(Saros 129)

December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)

November 22, 1900
(Saros 131)

October 22, 1911
(Saros 132)

September 21, 1922
(Saros 133)

August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)

July 20, 1944
(Saros 135)

June 20, 1955
(Saros 136)

May 20, 1966
(Saros 137)

April 18, 1977
(Saros 138)

March 18, 1988
(Saros 139)

February 16, 1999
(Saros 140)

January 15, 2010
(Saros 141)

December 14, 2020
(Saros 142)

November 14, 2031
(Saros 143)

October 14, 2042
(Saros 144)

September 12, 2053
(Saros 145)

August 12, 2064
(Saros 146)

July 13, 2075
(Saros 147)

June 11, 2086
(Saros 148)

May 11, 2097
(Saros 149)

April 11, 2108
(Saros 150)

March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)

February 8, 2130
(Saros 152)

January 8, 2141
(Saros 153)

December 8, 2151
(Saros 154)

November 7, 2162
(Saros 155)

October 7, 2173
(Saros 156)

September 4, 2184
(Saros 157)

August 5, 2195
(Saros 158)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

February 11, 1804
(Saros 137)

January 20, 1833
(Saros 138)

December 31, 1861
(Saros 139)

December 12, 1890
(Saros 140)

November 22, 1919
(Saros 141)

November 1, 1948
(Saros 142)

October 12, 1977
(Saros 143)

September 22, 2006
(Saros 144)

September 2, 2035
(Saros 145)

August 12, 2064
(Saros 146)

July 23, 2093
(Saros 147)

July 4, 2122
(Saros 148)

June 14, 2151
(Saros 149)

May 24, 2180
(Saros 150)

Notes

  1. ^ "August 12, 2064 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2064 Aug 12". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 146". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References