Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053

A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, September 12, 2053,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0328. 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 2.7 days after perigee (on September 9, 2053, at 16:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.314
Magnitude1.0328
Maximum eclipse
Duration184 s (3 min 4 s)
Coordinates21°30′N 41°42′E / 21.5°N 41.7°E / 21.5; 41.7
Max. width of band116 km (72 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:34:09
References
Saros145 (24 of 77)
Catalog # (SE5000)9626

The path of totality will be visible from parts of the southern tip of Spain, the northern tip of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Maldives, and western Indonesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of north and central Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

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]

September 12, 2053 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2053 September 12 at 06:53:11.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2053 September 12 at 07:52:27.5 UTC
First Central Line 2053 September 12 at 07:52:58.0 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2053 September 12 at 07:53:28.5 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 September 12 at 08:58:54.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2053 September 12 at 09:23:37.4 UTC
Greatest Duration 2053 September 12 at 09:31:22.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2053 September 12 at 09:34:08.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2053 September 12 at 09:37:28.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 September 12 at 10:09:39.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2053 September 12 at 11:15:00.1 UTC
Last Central Line 2053 September 12 at 11:15:28.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2053 September 12 at 11:15:56.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2053 September 12 at 12:15:16.4 UTC
September 12, 2053 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.03285
Eclipse Obscuration 1.06677
Gamma 0.31396
Sun Right Ascension 11h23m36.1s
Sun Declination +03°55'14.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 11h23m58.5s
Moon Declination +04°12'57.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'09.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'17.8"
ΔT 86.3 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 August–September 2053
August 29
Descending node (full moon)
September 12
Ascending node (new moon)
   
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 119
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 145
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Eclipses in 2053

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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 145

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2051–2054

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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 eclipse on August 3, 2054 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 April 11, 2051
 
Partial
1.0169 125 October 4, 2051
 
Partial
−1.2094
130 March 30, 2052
 
Total
0.3238 135 September 22, 2052
 
Annular
−0.448
140 March 20, 2053
 
Annular
−0.4089 145 September 12, 2053
 
Total
0.314
150 March 9, 2054
 
Partial
−1.1711 155 September 2, 2054
 
Partial
1.0215

Saros 145

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 77 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639. It contains an annular eclipse on June 6, 1891; a hybrid eclipse on June 17, 1909; and total eclipses from June 29, 1927 through September 9, 2648. The series ends at member 77 as a partial eclipse on April 17, 3009. 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 15 at 6 seconds (by default) on June 6, 1891, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 12 seconds on June 25, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 10–32 occur between 1801 and 2200:
10 11 12
 
April 13, 1801
 
April 24, 1819
 
May 4, 1837
13 14 15
 
May 16, 1855
 
May 26, 1873
 
June 6, 1891
16 17 18
 
June 17, 1909
 
June 29, 1927
 
July 9, 1945
19 20 21
 
July 20, 1963
 
July 31, 1981
 
August 11, 1999
22 23 24
 
August 21, 2017
 
September 2, 2035
 
September 12, 2053
25 26 27
 
September 23, 2071
 
October 4, 2089
 
October 16, 2107
28 29 30
 
October 26, 2125
 
November 7, 2143
 
November 17, 2161
31 32
 
November 28, 2179
 
December 9, 2197

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
 
August 28, 1802
(Saros 122)
 
July 27, 1813
(Saros 123)
 
June 26, 1824
(Saros 124)
 
May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)
 
April 25, 1846
(Saros 126)
 
March 25, 1857
(Saros 127)
 
February 23, 1868
(Saros 128)
 
January 22, 1879
(Saros 129)
 
December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)
 
November 22, 1900
(Saros 131)
 
October 22, 1911
(Saros 132)
 
September 21, 1922
(Saros 133)
 
August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)
 
July 20, 1944
(Saros 135)
 
June 20, 1955
(Saros 136)
 
May 20, 1966
(Saros 137)
 
April 18, 1977
(Saros 138)
 
March 18, 1988
(Saros 139)
 
February 16, 1999
(Saros 140)
 
January 15, 2010
(Saros 141)
 
December 14, 2020
(Saros 142)
 
November 14, 2031
(Saros 143)
 
October 14, 2042
(Saros 144)
 
September 12, 2053
(Saros 145)
 
August 12, 2064
(Saros 146)
 
July 13, 2075
(Saros 147)
 
June 11, 2086
(Saros 148)
 
May 11, 2097
(Saros 149)
 
April 11, 2108
(Saros 150)
 
March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)
 
February 8, 2130
(Saros 152)
 
January 8, 2141
(Saros 153)
 
December 8, 2151
(Saros 154)
 
November 7, 2162
(Saros 155)
 
October 7, 2173
(Saros 156)
 
September 4, 2184
(Saros 157)
 
August 5, 2195
(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
 
February 21, 1822
(Saros 137)
 
February 1, 1851
(Saros 138)
 
January 11, 1880
(Saros 139)
 
December 23, 1908
(Saros 140)
 
December 2, 1937
(Saros 141)
 
November 12, 1966
(Saros 142)
 
October 24, 1995
(Saros 143)
 
October 2, 2024
(Saros 144)
 
September 12, 2053
(Saros 145)
 
August 24, 2082
(Saros 146)
 
August 4, 2111
(Saros 147)
 
July 14, 2140
(Saros 148)
 
June 25, 2169
(Saros 149)
 
June 4, 2198
(Saros 150)

References

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  1. ^ "September 12, 2053 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 2053 Sep 12". 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 145". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.