Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
| Partial eclipse | |
| Gamma | −1.0661 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.8816 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
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| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 23:50:12 |
| References | |
| Saros | 123 (55 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9614 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17, 2047,[1] with a magnitude of 0.8816. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This will be the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2047, with the others occurring on January 26, June 23, and July 22.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southern Chile, and southern Argentina.
Images
[edit | edit source]File:SE2047Dec16P.gif
Animated path
Eclipse timing
[edit | edit source]Places experiencing partial eclipse
[edit | edit source]| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Casey Station[a] | 06:12:00 | 07:00:29 | 07:50:55 | 1:39 | 39.55% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Davis Station[a] | 05:18:48 | 06:07:45 | 06:58:10 | 1:39 | 60.59% | |||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Macquarie Island[a] | 10:06:14 | 10:10:10 | 10:14:05 | 0:08 | 0.01% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Dumont d'Urville Station[a] | 08:22:32 | 09:10:23 | 09:59:52 | 1:37 | 25.26% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Mawson Station[a] | 03:23:10 | 04:11:24 | 05:00:52 | 1:38 | 67.61% | |||
| File:Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.svg French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Port-aux-Français[a] | 04:07:42 (sunrise) | 04:11:57 | 04:30:28 | 0:23 | 20.33% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Concordia Station[a] | 06:26:22 | 07:18:29 | 08:11:56 | 1:46 | 46.82% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Zucchelli Station[a] | 11:40:55 | 12:33:56 | 13:27:32 | 1:47 | 36.33% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | McMurdo Station[a] | 11:43:08 | 12:37:07 | 13:31:31 | 1:48 | 43.02% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Troll | 22:54:34 | 23:43:19 | 00:32:04[b] | 1:38 | 84.32% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Neumayer Station III | 23:00:28 | 23:49:01 | 00:37:22[b] | 1:37 | 85.03% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Belgrano II Base | 20:04:29 | 20:55:47 | 21:46:35 | 1:42 | 79.07% | |||
| File:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands | Stanley | 20:47:23 | 21:02:04 | 21:06:40 (sunset) | 0:19 | 17.73% | |||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Bariloche | 21:11:02 | 21:12:55 | 21:14:47 (sunset) | 0:04 | 0.73% | |||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Comodoro Rivadavia | 21:01:26 | 21:13:20 | 21:17:09 (sunset) | 0:16 | 11.93% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Orcadas Base | 20:28:42 | 21:16:09 | 21:28:13 (sunset) | 1:00 | 77.66% | |||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | Valdivia | 21:14:32 | 21:16:20 | 21:18:08 (sunset) | 0:04 | 0.66% | |||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | Osorno | 21:13:15 | 21:16:51 | 21:20:12 (sunset) | 0:07 | 1.87% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | San Martín Base | 20:27:22 | 21:18:12 | 22:07:39 | 1:40 | 71.56% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Marambio Base | 20:29:50 | 21:19:00 | 22:06:54 | 1:37 | 74.70% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Rothera Research Station | 20:28:33 | 21:19:20 | 22:08:41 | 1:40 | 70.90% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Esperanza Base | 20:31:10 | 21:20:09 | 22:07:50 | 1:37 | 74.16% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Palmer Station | 20:31:47 | 21:21:37 | 22:10:01 | 1:38 | 71.62% | |||
| File:Blank flag.svg Antarctica | Carlini Base | 20:33:31 | 21:22:18 | 22:09:45 | 1:36 | 72.81% | |||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | Coyhaique | 21:04:47 | 21:30:31 | 21:34:18 (sunset) | 0:30 | 31.50% | |||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | Puerto Williams | 20:48:12 | 21:35:27 | 22:06:02 (sunset) | 1:18 | 62.10% | |||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Ushuaia | 20:48:44 | 21:35:59 | 22:07:58 (sunset) | 1:19 | 61.54% | |||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Río Grande | 20:49:58 | 21:36:51 | 21:58:41 (sunset) | 1:09 | 60.78% | |||
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | Punta Arenas | 20:52:30 | 21:39:20 | 22:07:34 (sunset) | 1:15 | 58.05% | |||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | El Calafate | 20:57:34 | 21:43:23 | 21:57:01 (sunset) | 0:59 | 53.63% | |||
| References: [1] | |||||||||
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Eclipse details
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2047 December 16 at 21:54:51.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2047 December 16 at 23:39:29.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2047 December 16 at 23:43:45.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2047 December 16 at 23:50:12.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2047 December 17 at 01:45:38.8 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.88166 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.85529 |
| Gamma | −1.06605 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 17h37m56.6s |
| Sun Declination | -23°20'10.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 17h38m13.1s |
| Moon Declination | -24°24'51.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'35.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'54.9" |
| ΔT | 82.9 s |
Eclipse season
[edit | edit source]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.
| December 16 Ascending node (new moon) |
January 1 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2047Dec16P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2048Jan01.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 123 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 135 |
Related eclipses
[edit | edit source]Eclipses in 2047
[edit | edit source]- A total lunar eclipse on January 12.
- A partial solar eclipse on January 26.
- A partial solar eclipse on June 23.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 7.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 22.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 16.
Metonic
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
Tzolkinex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Half-Saros
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 22, 2056
Tritos
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Solar Saros 123
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
Inex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
Triad
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 17, 2134
Solar eclipses of 2047–2050
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
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 File:SE2047Jun23P.png Partial |
1.3766 | 123 | December 16, 2047 File:SE2047Dec16P.png Partial |
−1.0661 | |
| 128 | June 11, 2048 File:SE2048Jun11A.png Annular |
0.6468 | 133 | December 5, 2048 File:SE2048Dec05T.png Total |
−0.3973 | |
| 138 | May 31, 2049 File:SE2049May31A.png Annular |
−0.1187 | 143 | November 25, 2049 File:SE2049Nov25H.png Hybrid |
0.2943 | |
| 148 | May 20, 2050 File:SE2050May20H.png Hybrid |
−0.8688 | 153 | November 14, 2050 File:SE2050Nov14P.png Partial |
1.0447 | |
Saros 123
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651; hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705; and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. 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 19 at 8 minutes, 7 seconds on November 9, 1398, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 42 at 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
Metonic series
[edit | edit source]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.
Tritos series
[edit | edit source]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 March 27, 1884 (part of Saros 108) and December 24, 1916 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Inex series
[edit | edit source]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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1816May27A.gif May 27, 1816 (Saros 115) |
File:SE1845May06An.gif May 6, 1845 (Saros 116) |
File:SE1874Apr16T.png April 16, 1874 (Saros 117) |
| File:SE1903Mar29A.png March 29, 1903 (Saros 118) |
File:SE1932Mar07A.png March 7, 1932 (Saros 119) |
File:SE1961Feb15T.png February 15, 1961 (Saros 120) |
| File:SE1990Jan26A.png January 26, 1990 (Saros 121) |
File:SE2019Jan06P.png January 6, 2019 (Saros 122) |
File:SE2047Dec16P.png December 16, 2047 (Saros 123) |
| File:SE2076Nov26P.png November 26, 2076 (Saros 124) |
File:Saros125 59van73 SE2105Nov06P.jpg November 6, 2105 (Saros 125) |
File:Saros126 54van72 SE2134Oct17P.jpg October 17, 2134 (Saros 126) |
| File:Saros127 66van82 SE2163Sep28P.jpg September 28, 2163 (Saros 127) |
File:Saros128 68van73 SE2192Sep06P.jpg September 6, 2192 (Saros 128) |
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Notes
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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