Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043

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Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma1.0102
Magnitude0.9497
Maximum eclipse
Duration-
Coordinates61°00′S 35°18′E / 61°S 35.3°E / -61; 35.3
Max. width of band- km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:01:49
References
Saros154 (8 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9604

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, October 3, 2043. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

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Animated path

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 2040–2043[edit]

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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040 to 2043
Ascending node   Descending node
119 May 11, 2040

Partial
124 November 4, 2040

Annular
129 April 30, 2041

Total
134 October 25, 2041

Annular
139 April 20, 2042

Total
144 October 14, 2042

Annular
149 April 9, 2043

Total (non-central)
154 October 3, 2043

Annular (non-central)

Metonic cycle[edit]

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 descending node.

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124

July 22, 1971

May 11, 1975

February 26, 1979

December 15, 1982

October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134

July 22, 1990

May 10, 1994

February 26, 1998

December 14, 2001

October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144

July 22, 2009

May 10, 2013

February 26, 2017

December 14, 2020

October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154

July 22, 2028

May 9, 2032

February 27, 2036

December 15, 2039

October 3, 2043
156

July 22, 2047

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.

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