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Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070

Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.495
Magnitude0.9731
Maximum eclipse
Duration164 s (2 min 44 s)
Coordinates32°48′S 60°24′E / 32.8°S 60.4°E / -32.8; 60.4
Max. width of band110 km (68 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:08:57
References
Saros135 (42 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9666

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 4, 2070,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9731. 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 6.1 days before apogee (on October 10, 2070, at 8:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Madagascar. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.

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]

October 4, 2070 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2070 October 04 at 04:21:51.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2070 October 04 at 05:29:10.0 UTC
First Central Line 2070 October 04 at 05:30:38.6 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2070 October 04 at 05:32:07.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2070 October 04 at 07:03:22.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2070 October 04 at 07:08:56.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2070 October 04 at 07:26:25.7 UTC
Greatest Duration 2070 October 04 at 07:44:44.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2070 October 04 at 08:45:30.7 UTC
Last Central Line 2070 October 04 at 08:47:02.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2070 October 04 at 08:48:34.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2070 October 04 at 09:56:00.9 UTC
October 4, 2070 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.97311
Eclipse Obscuration 0.94694
Gamma −0.49496
Sun Right Ascension 12h42m00.6s
Sun Declination -04°30'57.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'59.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 12h41m27.3s
Moon Declination -04°57'29.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'20.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'19.0"
ΔT 98.1 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 2070
October 4
Ascending node (new moon)
October 19
Descending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 135
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 147

Eclipses in 2070

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 135

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2069–2072

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 eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 April 21, 2069

Partial
1.0624 125 October 15, 2069

Partial
−1.2524
130 April 11, 2070

Total
0.3652 135 October 4, 2070

Annular
−0.495
140 March 31, 2071

Annular
−0.3739 145 September 23, 2071

Total
0.262
150 March 19, 2072

Partial
−1.1405 155 September 12, 2072

Total
0.9655

Saros 135

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331. It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511 through February 24, 2305; hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323 and March 18, 2341; and total eclipses from March 29, 2359 through May 22, 2449. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593. 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 annularity was produced by member 16 at 10 minutes, 41 seconds on December 24, 1601, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 28–49 occur between 1801 and 2200:
28 29 30

May 5, 1818

May 15, 1836

May 26, 1854
31 32 33

June 6, 1872

June 17, 1890

June 28, 1908
34 35 36

July 9, 1926

July 20, 1944

July 31, 1962
37 38 39

August 10, 1980

August 22, 1998

September 1, 2016
40 42 42

September 12, 2034

September 22, 2052

October 4, 2070
43 44 45

October 14, 2088

October 26, 2106

November 6, 2124
46 47 48

November 17, 2142

November 27, 2160

December 9, 2178
49

December 19, 2196

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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112
July 23–24 May 11 February 27–28 December 16–17 October 4–5
117 119 121 123 125

July 23, 2036

May 11, 2040

February 28, 2044

December 16, 2047

October 4, 2051
127 129 131 133 135

July 24, 2055

May 11, 2059

February 28, 2063

December 17, 2066

October 4, 2070
137 139 141 143 145

July 24, 2074

May 11, 2078

February 27, 2082

December 16, 2085

October 4, 2089
147 149 151 153 155

July 23, 2093

May 11, 2097

February 28, 2101

December 17, 2104

October 5, 2108
157

July 23, 2112

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

October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)

September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)

August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)

July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)

June 17, 1852
(Saros 115)

May 17, 1863
(Saros 116)

April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)

March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)

February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)

January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)

December 14, 1917
(Saros 121)

November 12, 1928
(Saros 122)

October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)

September 12, 1950
(Saros 124)

August 11, 1961
(Saros 125)

July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)

June 11, 1983
(Saros 127)

May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)

April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)

March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)

February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)

January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)

December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)

November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)

October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)

September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)

August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)

July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)

June 3, 2114
(Saros 139)

May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)

April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)

March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)

January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)

December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)

November 28, 2179
(Saros 145)

October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

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

April 4, 1810
(Saros 126)

March 15, 1839
(Saros 127)

February 23, 1868
(Saros 128)

February 1, 1897
(Saros 129)

January 14, 1926
(Saros 130)

December 25, 1954
(Saros 131)

December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)

November 13, 2012
(Saros 133)

October 25, 2041
(Saros 134)

October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)

September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)

August 25, 2128
(Saros 137)

August 5, 2157
(Saros 138)

July 16, 2186
(Saros 139)

References

  1. ^ "October 4, 2070 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2070 Oct 04". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 20 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 135". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.