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Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039

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Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.9458
Magnitude1.0356
Maximum eclipse
Duration111 s (1 min 51 s)
Coordinates80°54′S 172°48′E / 80.9°S 172.8°E / -80.9; 172.8
Max. width of band380 km (240 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse16:23:46
References
Saros152 (14 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9596

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 15, 2039,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0356. 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 4.5 hours before perigee (on December 15, 2039, at 20:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

The totality of the eclipse begins in the southern Pacific Ocean, passing over much of Antarctica and closely reaching the South Pole. A partial eclipse will be visible in the southern extremities of South America and Africa. It will terminate in the southern Indian Ocean several hours later.[3]

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse details

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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.[4]

December 15, 2039 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2039 December 15 at 14:18:57.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2039 December 15 at 15:48:33.4 UTC
First Central Line 2039 December 15 at 15:51:02.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2039 December 15 at 15:53:42.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2039 December 15 at 16:23:45.9 UTC
Greatest Duration 2039 December 15 at 16:23:51.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2039 December 15 at 16:33:15.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2039 December 15 at 16:38:03.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2039 December 15 at 16:53:39.5 UTC
Last Central Line 2039 December 15 at 16:56:19.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2039 December 15 at 16:58:49.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2039 December 15 at 18:28:28.1 UTC
December 15, 2039 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.03558
Eclipse Obscuration 1.07243
Gamma −0.94577
Sun Right Ascension 17h31m51.4s
Sun Declination -23°16'37.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 17h31m14.4s
Moon Declination -24°13'58.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'44.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'26.8"
ΔT 78.5 s

Eclipse season

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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 November–December 2039
November 30
Ascending node (full moon)
December 15
Descending node (new moon)
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152
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Eclipses in 2039

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 152

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2036–2039

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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.[5]

The partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 July 23, 2036

Partial
−1.425 122 January 16, 2037

Partial
1.1477
127 July 13, 2037

Total
−0.7246 132 January 5, 2038

Annular
0.4169
137 July 2, 2038

Annular
0.0398 142 December 26, 2038

Total
−0.2881
147 June 21, 2039

Annular
0.8312 152 December 15, 2039

Total
−0.9458

Saros 152

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 152, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It contains total eclipses from November 2, 1967 through September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508 through October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562 through June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. 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 will be produced by member 30 at 5 minutes, 16 seconds on June 9, 2328, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 53 at 5 minutes, 20 seconds on February 16, 2743. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]

Series members 1–22 occur between 1805 and 2200:
1 2 3

July 26, 1805

August 6, 1823

August 16, 1841
4 5 6

August 28, 1859

September 7, 1877

September 18, 1895
7 8 9

September 30, 1913

October 11, 1931

October 21, 1949
10 11 12

November 2, 1967

November 12, 1985

November 23, 2003
13 14 15

December 4, 2021

December 15, 2039

December 26, 2057
16 17 18

January 6, 2076

January 16, 2094

January 29, 2112
19 20 21

February 8, 2130

February 19, 2148

March 2, 2166
22

March 12, 2184

Metonic series

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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.

21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124

July 22, 1971

May 11, 1975

February 26, 1979

December 15, 1982

October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134

July 22, 1990

May 10, 1994

February 26, 1998

December 14, 2001

October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144

July 22, 2009

May 10, 2013

February 26, 2017

December 14, 2020

October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154

July 22, 2028

May 9, 2032

February 27, 2036

December 15, 2039

October 3, 2043
156

July 22, 2047

Tritos series

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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.

The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2105

September 28, 1810
(Saros 131)

August 27, 1821
(Saros 132)

July 27, 1832
(Saros 133)

June 27, 1843
(Saros 134)

May 26, 1854
(Saros 135)

April 25, 1865
(Saros 136)

March 25, 1876
(Saros 137)

February 22, 1887
(Saros 138)

January 22, 1898
(Saros 139)

December 23, 1908
(Saros 140)

November 22, 1919
(Saros 141)

October 21, 1930
(Saros 142)

September 21, 1941
(Saros 143)

August 20, 1952
(Saros 144)

July 20, 1963
(Saros 145)

June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)

May 19, 1985
(Saros 147)

April 17, 1996
(Saros 148)

March 19, 2007
(Saros 149)

February 15, 2018
(Saros 150)

January 14, 2029
(Saros 151)

December 15, 2039
(Saros 152)

November 14, 2050
(Saros 153)

October 13, 2061
(Saros 154)

September 12, 2072
(Saros 155)

August 13, 2083
(Saros 156)

July 12, 2094
(Saros 157)

June 12, 2105
(Saros 158)

Inex series

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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

May 25, 1808
(Saros 144)

May 4, 1837
(Saros 145)

April 15, 1866
(Saros 146)

March 26, 1895
(Saros 147)

March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)

February 14, 1953
(Saros 149)

January 24, 1982
(Saros 150)

January 4, 2011
(Saros 151)

December 15, 2039
(Saros 152)

November 24, 2068
(Saros 153)

November 4, 2097
(Saros 154)

October 16, 2126
(Saros 155)

September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)

September 4, 2184
(Saros 157)

References

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  1. ^ "December 15, 2039 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Path of Total Solar Eclipse of 2039 Dec 15". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Website. NASA. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2039 Dec 15". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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