Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
| Partial eclipse | |
| Gamma | −1.2524 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.5298 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:19:56 |
| References | |
| Saros | 125 (57 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9664 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 15, 2069,[1] with a magnitude of 0.5298. 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.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for much of Antarctica.
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 | 2069 October 15 at 02:27:57.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2069 October 15 at 04:05:21.1 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2069 October 15 at 04:19:56.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2069 October 15 at 05:03:05.6 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2069 October 15 at 06:11:37.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.52981 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.41298 |
| Gamma | −1.25241 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 13h22m54.2s |
| Sun Declination | -08°43'06.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'02.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 13h21m37.5s |
| Moon Declination | -09°48'03.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'45.3" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'09.1" |
| ΔT | 97.4 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.
| October 15 Ascending node (new moon) |
October 30 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2069Oct15P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2069Oct30.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 125 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 137 |
Related eclipses
[edit | edit source]Eclipses in 2069
[edit | edit source]- A partial solar eclipse on April 21.
- A total lunar eclipse on May 6.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 20.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 15.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 30.
Metonic
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
Tzolkinex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
Half-Saros
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 21, 2078
Tritos
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080
Solar Saros 125
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2087
Inex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 25, 2098
Triad
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 16, 2156
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
[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 eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | April 21, 2069 File:SE2069Apr21P.png Partial |
1.0624 | 125 | October 15, 2069 File:SE2069Oct15P.png Partial |
−1.2524 | |
| 130 | April 11, 2070 File:SE2070Apr11T.png Total |
0.3652 | 135 | October 4, 2070 File:SE2070Oct04A.png Annular |
−0.495 | |
| 140 | March 31, 2071 File:SE2071Mar31A.png Annular |
−0.3739 | 145 | September 23, 2071 File:SE2071Sep23T.png Total |
0.262 | |
| 150 | March 19, 2072 File:SE2072Mar19P.png Partial |
−1.1405 | 155 | September 12, 2072 File:SE2072Sep12T.png Total |
0.9655 | |
Saros 125
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330; hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366; and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. 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 14 at 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 48 at 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907. 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:SE1809Apr14A.gif April 14, 1809 (Saros 116) |
File:SE1838Mar25T.gif March 25, 1838 (Saros 117) |
File:SE1867Mar06A.gif March 6, 1867 (Saros 118) |
| File:Saros119 59van71 SE1896Feb13A.jpg February 13, 1896 (Saros 119) |
File:SE1925Jan24T.png January 24, 1925 (Saros 120) |
File:SE1954Jan05A.png January 5, 1954 (Saros 121) |
| File:SE1982Dec15P.png December 15, 1982 (Saros 122) |
File:SE2011Nov25P.png November 25, 2011 (Saros 123) |
File:SE2040Nov04P.png November 4, 2040 (Saros 124) |
| File:SE2069Oct15P.png October 15, 2069 (Saros 125) |
File:SE2098Sep25P.png September 25, 2098 (Saros 126) |
File:Saros127 64van82 SE2127Sep06P.jpg September 6, 2127 (Saros 127) |
| File:Saros128 66van73 SE2156Aug16P.jpg August 16, 2156 (Saros 128) |
File:Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg July 26, 2185 (Saros 129) |
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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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