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Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048

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Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.3973
Magnitude1.044
Maximum eclipse
Duration208 s (3 min 28 s)
Coordinates46°06′S 56°24′W / 46.1°S 56.4°W / -46.1; -56.4
Max. width of band160 km (99 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:35:27
References
Saros133 (47 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9616

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, December 5, 2048,[1] with a magnitude of 1.044. 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 greater than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight. 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 16.5 hours before perigee (on December 6, 2048, at 8:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, Namibia, and Botswana. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

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.[3]

December 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2048 December 05 at 13:01:48.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2048 December 05 at 13:59:50.8 UTC
First Central Line 2048 December 05 at 14:00:39.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2048 December 05 at 14:01:27.6 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2048 December 05 at 15:11:41.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2048 December 05 at 15:31:22.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2048 December 05 at 15:35:26.7 UTC
Greatest Duration 2048 December 05 at 15:36:11.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2048 December 05 at 15:36:12.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2048 December 05 at 15:59:10.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2048 December 05 at 17:09:24.3 UTC
Last Central Line 2048 December 05 at 17:10:13.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2048 December 05 at 17:11:02.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2048 December 05 at 18:09:03.3 UTC
December 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.04400
Eclipse Obscuration 1.08994
Gamma −0.39728
Sun Right Ascension 16h51m20.5s
Sun Declination -22°29'40.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 16h51m18.6s
Moon Declination -22°53'56.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'40.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'13.3"
ΔT 83.5 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 December 2048
December 5
Ascending node (new moon)
December 20
Descending node (full moon)
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 133
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 145
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Eclipses in 2048

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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 133

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

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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.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2047 to 2050
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 June 23, 2047

Partial
1.3766 123 December 16, 2047

Partial
−1.0661
128 June 11, 2048

Annular
0.6468 133 December 5, 2048

Total
−0.3973
138 May 31, 2049

Annular
−0.1187 143 November 25, 2049

Hybrid
0.2943
148 May 20, 2050

Hybrid
−0.8688 153 November 14, 2050

Partial
1.0447

Saros 133

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200:
34 35 36

July 17, 1814

July 27, 1832

August 7, 1850
37 38 39

August 18, 1868

August 29, 1886

September 9, 1904
40 41 42

September 21, 1922

October 1, 1940

October 12, 1958
43 44 45

October 23, 1976

November 3, 1994

November 13, 2012
46 47 48

November 25, 2030

December 5, 2048

December 17, 2066
49 50 51

December 27, 2084

January 8, 2103

January 19, 2121
52 53 54

January 30, 2139

February 9, 2157

February 21, 2175
55

March 3, 2193

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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13 April 30–May 1 February 16–17 December 5–6 September 22–23
117 119 121 123 125

July 13, 2018

April 30, 2022

February 17, 2026

December 5, 2029

September 23, 2033
127 129 131 133 135

July 13, 2037

April 30, 2041

February 16, 2045

December 5, 2048

September 22, 2052
137 139 141 143 145

July 12, 2056

April 30, 2060

February 17, 2064

December 6, 2067

September 23, 2071
147 149 151 153 155

July 13, 2075

May 1, 2079

February 16, 2083

December 6, 2086

September 23, 2090
157

July 12, 2094

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.

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

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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 16, 1817
(Saros 125)

April 25, 1846
(Saros 126)

April 6, 1875
(Saros 127)

March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)

February 24, 1933
(Saros 129)

February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)

January 15, 1991
(Saros 131)

December 26, 2019
(Saros 132)

December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)

November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)

October 26, 2106
(Saros 135)

October 7, 2135
(Saros 136)

September 16, 2164
(Saros 137)

August 26, 2193
(Saros 138)

References

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  1. ^ "December 5, 2048 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2048 Dec 05". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 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 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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