Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 25, 2030,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0468. 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 only about 14 hours before perigee (on November 25, 2030, at 21:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.3867
Magnitude1.0468
Maximum eclipse
Duration224 s (3 min 44 s)
Coordinates43°36′S 71°12′E / 43.6°S 71.2°E / -43.6; 71.2
Max. width of band169 km (105 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:51:37
References
Saros133 (46 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9576

Totality will be visible in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, and Australia. A partial eclipse will be visible for much of Central and Southern Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and Indonesia.

Path

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The path of totality will begin in the Atlantic Ocean. It will then pass through Namibia (serving the capital Windhoek), Botswana (serving Tsabong), and South Africa (serving Durban; also visible in parts of Lesotho). After that, it will pass through the Indian Ocean, where it will terminate in Australia (visiting the states of South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland).[3]

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Animated path

Details of totality in some places or cities

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Solar Eclipse of November 25, 2030
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  Namibia Henties Bay, Erongo Region 06:24:41 07:18:36 07:19:34 58 s 08:19:12 1,034
  Namibia Windhoek, Khomas Region 06:24:04 07:18:56 07:20:48 1 min 52s 08:21:25 1,035
  Namibia Rehoboth, Hardap Region 06:25:09 07:20:00 07:21:25 1 min 25 s 08:22:20 1,035
  Botswana Tsabong, Kgalagadi District 06:27:17 07:24:45 07:25:47 1 min 02s 08:29:55 1,037
  South Africa Vryburg, North West Province 06:28:18 07:26:27 07:28:17 1 min 50 s 08:33:23 1,038
  South Africa Matlosana, North West Province 06:28:15 07:27:23 07:28:57 1 min 34 s 08:35:18 1,038
  South Africa Welkom, Free State Province 06:29:37 07:28:46 07:30:37 1 min 51 s 08:36:56 1,038
  South Africa Bethlehem, Free State Province 06:30:05 07:29:40 07:32:07 2 min 27 s 08:39:04 1,039
  Lesotho Butha-Buthe, Butha-Buthe District 06:30:44 07:30:41 07:32:27 1 min 47 s 08:39:43 1,039
  Lesotho Mokhotlong, Mokhotlong District 06:31:30 07:32:04 07:33:26 1 min 22 s 08:41:23 1,039
  South Africa Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province 06:32:08 07:32:54 07:35:13 2 min 19 s 08:43:31 1,040
  South Africa Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province 06:32:37 07:33:41 07:36:04 2 min 24 s 08:44:43 1,040
  Australia Wudinna, South Australia 17:49:39 18:50:05 18:51:12 1 min 06 s 19:16:02 1,035
  Australia Cunnamulla, Queensland 17:29:06 18:24:45 18:25:59 1 min 14 s 18:50:51 (sunset) 1,032
  Australia Condamine, Queensland 17:30:50 18:24:35 18:26:04 1 min 29 s 18:30:47 (sunset) 1,030

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]

November 25, 2030 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2030 November 25 at 04:17:55.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2030 November 25 at 05:15:34.1 UTC
First Central Line 2030 November 25 at 05:16:26.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2030 November 25 at 05:17:19.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2030 November 25 at 06:25:54.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2030 November 25 at 06:47:39.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2030 November 25 at 06:51:36.9 UTC
Greatest Duration 2030 November 25 at 06:53:10.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2030 November 25 at 06:55:25.4 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2030 November 25 at 07:17:13.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2030 November 25 at 08:25:50.4 UTC
Last Central Line 2030 November 25 at 08:26:44.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2030 November 25 at 08:27:37.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2030 November 25 at 09:25:15.0 UTC
November 25, 2030 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.04684
Eclipse Obscuration 1.09588
Gamma −0.38669
Sun Right Ascension 16h03m58.7s
Sun Declination -20°45'39.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'12.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 16h03m49.1s
Moon Declination -21°09'10.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'41.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'16.4"
ΔT 74.2 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 2030
November 25
Ascending node (new moon)
December 9
Descending node (full moon)
   
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 133
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 145
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Eclipses in 2030

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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 2029–2032

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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 January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029 to 2032
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 June 12, 2029
 
Partial
1.29431 123 December 5, 2029
 
Partial
−1.06090
128 June 1, 2030
 
Annular
0.56265 133 November 25, 2030
 
Total
−0.38669
138 May 21, 2031
 
Annular
−0.19699 143 November 14, 2031
 
Hybrid
0.30776
148 May 9, 2032
 
Annular
−0.93748 153 November 3, 2032
 
Partial
1.06431

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.[6]

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 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2 April 19–20 February 5–7 November 24–25 September 12–13
117 119 121 123 125
 
July 1, 2000
 
April 19, 2004
 
February 7, 2008
 
November 25, 2011
 
September 13, 2015
127 129 131 133 135
 
July 2, 2019
 
April 20, 2023
 
February 6, 2027
 
November 25, 2030
 
September 12, 2034
137 139 141 143 145
 
July 2, 2038
 
April 20, 2042
 
February 5, 2046
 
November 25, 2049
 
September 12, 2053
147 149 151 153 155
 
July 1, 2057
 
April 20, 2061
 
February 5, 2065
 
November 24, 2068
 
September 12, 2072
157
 
July 1, 2076

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
 
September 8, 1801
(Saros 112)
 
August 7, 1812
(Saros 113)
 
July 8, 1823
(Saros 114)
 
June 7, 1834
(Saros 115)
 
May 6, 1845
(Saros 116)
 
April 5, 1856
(Saros 117)
 
March 6, 1867
(Saros 118)
 
February 2, 1878
(Saros 119)
 
January 1, 1889
(Saros 120)
 
December 3, 1899
(Saros 121)
 
November 2, 1910
(Saros 122)
 
October 1, 1921
(Saros 123)
 
August 31, 1932
(Saros 124)
 
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125)
 
June 30, 1954
(Saros 126)
 
May 30, 1965
(Saros 127)
 
April 29, 1976
(Saros 128)
 
March 29, 1987
(Saros 129)
 
February 26, 1998
(Saros 130)
 
January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)
 
December 26, 2019
(Saros 132)
 
November 25, 2030
(Saros 133)
 
October 25, 2041
(Saros 134)
 
September 22, 2052
(Saros 135)
 
August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)
 
July 24, 2074
(Saros 137)
 
June 22, 2085
(Saros 138)
 
May 22, 2096
(Saros 139)
 
April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)
 
March 22, 2118
(Saros 141)
 
February 18, 2129
(Saros 142)
 
January 20, 2140
(Saros 143)
 
December 19, 2150
(Saros 144)
 
November 17, 2161
(Saros 145)
 
October 17, 2172
(Saros 146)
 
September 16, 2183
(Saros 147)
 
August 16, 2194
(Saros 148)

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
 
April 14, 1828
(Saros 126)
 
March 25, 1857
(Saros 127)
 
March 5, 1886
(Saros 128)
 
February 14, 1915
(Saros 129)
 
January 25, 1944
(Saros 130)
 
January 4, 1973
(Saros 131)
 
December 14, 2001
(Saros 132)
 
November 25, 2030
(Saros 133)
 
November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)
 
October 14, 2088
(Saros 135)
 
September 26, 2117
(Saros 136)
 
September 6, 2146
(Saros 137)
 
August 16, 2175
(Saros 138)

References

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  1. ^ "November 25, 2030 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse on November 25, 2030: Path Map and Times". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2030 Nov 25". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 13 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 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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