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Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067

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Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma0.2845
Magnitude1.0011
Maximum eclipse
Duration8 s (0 min 8 s)
Coordinates6°00′S 32°24′W / 6°S 32.4°W / -6; -32.4
Max. width of band4 km (2.5 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:03:43
References
Saros143 (26 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9659

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 6, 2067,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0011. It is a hybrid event, beginning and ending as an annular eclipse. 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 3.4 days before perigee (on December 10, 2067, at 0:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

The path of the eclipse will be visible as an annular eclipse from parts of southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, southern Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana before transitioning to a total eclipse. Totality will be visible from parts of Brazil before the eclipse transforms back to an annular eclipse, then passing over Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Sudan. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, southern Europe, and Africa.

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 6, 2067 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 11:18:45.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 12:19:30.5 UTC
First Central Line 2067 December 06 at 12:20:00.2 UTC
Greatest Duration 2067 December 06 at 12:20:00.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 12:20:29.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 13:26:13.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2067 December 06 at 14:03:13.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2067 December 06 at 14:03:43.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2067 December 06 at 14:06:46.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 14:41:15.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2067 December 06 at 15:46:59.0 UTC
Last Central Line 2067 December 06 at 15:47:26.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 15:47:53.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2067 December 06 at 16:48:35.3 UTC
December 6, 2067 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.00113
Eclipse Obscuration 1.00226
Gamma 0.28446
Sun Right Ascension 16h52m45.8s
Sun Declination -22°31'49.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 16h52m46.9s
Moon Declination -22°15'09.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'59.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'42.2"
ΔT 96.0 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 2067
November 21
Descending node (full moon)
December 6
Ascending node (new moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 117
Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 143
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Eclipses in 2067

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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 143

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2065–2069

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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 February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 July 3, 2065

Partial
1.4619 123 December 27, 2065

Partial
−1.0688
128 June 22, 2066

Annular
0.733 133 December 17, 2066

Total
−0.4043
138 June 11, 2067

Annular
−0.0387 143 December 6, 2067

Hybrid
0.2845
148 May 31, 2068

Total
−0.797 153 November 24, 2068

Partial
1.0299
158 May 20, 2069

Partial
−1.4852

Saros 143

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617. It contains total eclipses from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995; hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067; and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2897. 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 16 at 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 4 minutes, 54 seconds on September 6, 2518. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
12 13 14

July 6, 1815

July 17, 1833

July 28, 1851
15 16 17

August 7, 1869

August 19, 1887

August 30, 1905
18 19 20

September 10, 1923

September 21, 1941

October 2, 1959
21 22 23

October 12, 1977

October 24, 1995

November 3, 2013
24 25 26

November 14, 2031

November 25, 2049

December 6, 2067
27 28 29

December 16, 2085

December 29, 2103

January 8, 2122
30 31 32

January 20, 2140

January 30, 2158

February 10, 2176
33

February 21, 2194

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

December 21, 1805
(Saros 119)

November 19, 1816
(Saros 120)

October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)

September 18, 1838
(Saros 122)

August 18, 1849
(Saros 123)

July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)

June 18, 1871
(Saros 125)

May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)

April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)

March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)

February 14, 1915
(Saros 129)

January 14, 1926
(Saros 130)

December 13, 1936
(Saros 131)

November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)

October 12, 1958
(Saros 133)

September 11, 1969
(Saros 134)

August 10, 1980
(Saros 135)

July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)

June 10, 2002
(Saros 137)

May 10, 2013
(Saros 138)

April 8, 2024
(Saros 139)

March 9, 2035
(Saros 140)

February 5, 2046
(Saros 141)

January 5, 2057
(Saros 142)

December 6, 2067
(Saros 143)

November 4, 2078
(Saros 144)

October 4, 2089
(Saros 145)

September 4, 2100
(Saros 146)

August 4, 2111
(Saros 147)

July 4, 2122
(Saros 148)

June 3, 2133
(Saros 149)

May 3, 2144
(Saros 150)

April 2, 2155
(Saros 151)

March 2, 2166
(Saros 152)

January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)

December 29, 2187
(Saros 154)

November 28, 2198
(Saros 155)

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

June 6, 1807
(Saros 134)

May 15, 1836
(Saros 135)

April 25, 1865
(Saros 136)

April 6, 1894
(Saros 137)

March 17, 1923
(Saros 138)

February 25, 1952
(Saros 139)

February 4, 1981
(Saros 140)

January 15, 2010
(Saros 141)

December 26, 2038
(Saros 142)

December 6, 2067
(Saros 143)

November 15, 2096
(Saros 144)

October 26, 2125
(Saros 145)

October 7, 2154
(Saros 146)

September 16, 2183
(Saros 147)

Notes

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  1. ^ "December 6, 2067 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2067 Dec 06". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 19 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 143". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References

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