Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045
| Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2116 |
| Magnitude | 1.0774 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 366 s (6 min 6 s) |
| Coordinates | 25°54′N 78°30′W / 25.9°N 78.5°W |
| Max. width of band | 256 km (159 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:42:39 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (39 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9608 |
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, August 12, 2045, with a magnitude of 1.0774. 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.
It will be the fourth longest eclipse of the 21st century with a magnitude of 1.0774 occurring just one hour after perigee.[1] It will be visible throughout much of the continental United States, with a path of totality running through northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia (U.S. state) and Florida. The total eclipse will be greatest over the Bahamas, before continuing over the Turks and Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
The path of totality of this eclipse will be seen over many major cities, including Reno, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Jackson, Montgomery, Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Nassau, Santo Domingo, Porlamar, Port of Spain, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Belém, São Luís, Joāo Pessoa and Recife.[2] It will also be the second total eclipse visible from Little Rock in 21.3 years.[2] Totality will last for at least 6 minutes along the part of the path that starts at Camden, Alabama, crossing Florida and ending near the southernmost Bahama Islands. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes 5.5 seconds at 25°54.594′N 78°32.19′W / 25.909900°N 78.53650°W, which is over the Atlantic Ocean east of Fort Lauderdale and south of Freeport, Bahamas.[2]
The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 had a very similar path of totality over the U.S., about 250 miles (400 km) to the northeast, also crossing the Pacific coast and Atlantic coast of the country. This is because when a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at an ascending node (i.e. moves from south to north during odd-numbered saros), the path of the eclipse tracks from coast to coast. When a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at descending node (even numbered saros), the path tracks a large distance southward.[3]
Details of the totality in some places or cities[edit]
| Country or Territory | City or Town | Start
of |
Start of total eclipse (Local Time) |
End of total eclipse (Local Time) |
Duration of total eclipse |
End of partial eclipse (Local Time) |
Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
Eureka, California | 07:13:02 | 08:14:21 | 08:18:28 | 4 min 07s | 09:25:23 | 1,069 |
| United States |
Redding, California | 07:13:45 | 08:15:43 | 08:20:07 | 4 min 25 s | 09:27:43 | 1,069 |
| United States |
Reno, Nevada | 07:14:41 | 08:18:43 | 08:21:30 | 2 min 46 s | 09:31:21 | 1,070 |
| United States |
Salt Lake City, Utah | 08:20:54 | 09:28:15 | 09:30:32 | 2 min 17 s | 10:43:03 | 1,072 |
| United States |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | 08:27:14 | 09:36:48 | 09:41:54 | 5 min 06 s | 10:55:58 | 1,073 |
| United States |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 09:36:37 | 10:51:13 | 10:54:39 | 3 min 26 s | 12:12:22 | 1,075 |
| United States |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 09:38:39 | 10:52:22 | 10:57:58 | 5 min 36 s | 12:14:22 | 1,075 |
| United States |
Little Rock, Arkansas | 09:44:40 | 11:00:05 | 11:05:43 | 5 min 38 s | 12:22:42 | 1,076 |
| United States |
Jackson, Mississippi | 09:49:31 | 11:07:44 | 11:11:07 | 3 min 23 s | 12:30:05 | 1,076 |
| United States |
Montgomery, Alabama | 09:56:11 | 11:14:28 | 11:18:51 | 4 min 23 s | 12:36:40 | 1,077 |
| United States |
Tallahassee, Florida | 11:01:35 | 12:20:12 | 12:26:07 | 5 min 55 s | 13:43:20 | 1,077 |
| United States |
Tampa, Florida | 11:07:45 | 12:27:56 | 12:32:53 | 4 min 57s | 13:50:40 | 1,077 |
| United States |
Orlando, Florida | 11:09:09 | 12:28:38 | 12:34:24 | 5 min 46 s | 13:51:17 | 1,077 |
| United States |
Miami, Florida | 11:14:54 | 12:36:43 | 12:39:43 | 3 min 00 s | 13:58:03 | 1,077 |
| United States |
Jensen Beach, Florida | 11:12:59 | 12:32:45 | 12:38:51 | 6 min 6 s | 13:55:27 | 1,077 |
 Bahamas |
Freeport | 11:17:05 | 12:37:08 | 12:42:49 | 5 min 41 s | 13:59:07 | 1,077 |
| Bahamas |
Nassau | 11:21:48 | 12:41:58 | 12:48:02 | 6 min 04 s | 14:03:50 | 1,077 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
Providenciales | 11:37:30 | 12:58:48 | 13:01:21 | 2 min 34 s | 14:16:38 | 1,077 |
 Haiti |
Cap-Haïtien | 11:41:01 | 13:01:02 | 13:06:44 | 5 min 32 s | 14:20:32 | 1,077 |
 Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo | 12:47:54 | 14:07:15 | 14:13:01 | 5 min 47 s | 15:25:31 | 1,077 |
 Venezuela |
Porlamar | 13:14:00 | 14:31:31 | 14:34:47 | 3 min 16 s | 15:44:20 | 1,075 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Port of Spain | 13:18:48 | 14:34:13 | 14:39:09 | 4 min 57 s | 15:46:07 | 1,074 |
| Venezuela |
Tucupita | 13:20:52 | 14:38:08 | 14:39:29 | 1 min 21 s | 15:48:42 | 1,074 |
 Guyana |
Georgetown | 13:31:37 | 14:44:37 | 14:49:33 | 4 min 56 s | 15:54:35 | 1,073 |
 Suriname |
Paramaribo | 13:38:08 | 14:50:14 | 14:53:13 | 3 min 00 s | 15:57:03 | 1,072 |
 French Guiana |
Apatou | 13:40:28 | 14:52:04 | 14:54:53 | 2 min 49 s | 15:58:46 | 1,071 |
 Brazil |
Belém, Pará | 14:58:25 | 16:05:53 | 16:07:56 | 2 min 03 s | 117:08:20 | 1,069 |
| Brazil |
Sāo Luis, Maranhāo | 15:04:34 | 16:08:41 | 16:12:41 | 4 min 00 s | 17:10:10 | 1,067 |
| Brazil |
Joāo Pessoa, Paraíba | 15:17:29 | 16:16:37 | 16:20:02 | 3 min 26 s | 17:13:36 | 1,063 |
| Brazil |
Recife, Pernambuco | 15:18:22 | 16:17:42 | 16:20:26 | 2 min 44 s | 17:14:15 | 1,063 |
Images[edit]
Animated path: Small dark circle represents umbra, much larger grey circle represents penumbra.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 2045[edit]
- An annular solar eclipse on February 16, 2045.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3, 2045.
- A total solar eclipse on August 12, 2045.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27, 2045.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056
Solar Saros 136[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 13, 2132
Solar eclipses of 2044–2047[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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 28, 2044 Annular |
−0.9954 | 126 | August 23, 2044 Total |
0.9613 | |
| 131 | February 16, 2045 Annular |
−0.3125 | 136 | August 12, 2045 Total |
0.2116 | |
| 141 | February 5, 2046 Annular |
0.3765 | 146 | August 2, 2046 Total |
−0.535 | |
| 151 | January 26, 2047 Partial |
1.045 | 156 | July 22, 2047 Partial |
−1.3477 | |
Saros 136[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360. It contains annular eclipses from September 8, 1504 through November 12, 1594; hybrid eclipses from November 22, 1612 through January 17, 1703; and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622. 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 9 at 32 seconds on September 8, 1504, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 34 at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds on June 20, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 26–47 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
 March 24, 1811 |
 April 3, 1829 |
 April 15, 1847 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
 April 25, 1865 |
 May 6, 1883 |
 May 18, 1901 |
| 32 | 33 | 34 |
 May 29, 1919 |
 June 8, 1937 |
 June 20, 1955 |
| 35 | 36 | 37 |
 June 30, 1973 |
 July 11, 1991 |
 July 22, 2009 |
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
 August 2, 2027 |
August 12, 2045 |
 August 24, 2063 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
 September 3, 2081 |
 September 14, 2099 |
 September 26, 2117 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
 October 7, 2135 |
 October 17, 2153 |
 October 29, 2171 |
| 47 | ||
 November 8, 2189 | ||
Tritos series[edit]
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 1901 and 2100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 September 21, 1903 (Saros 123) |
 August 21, 1914 (Saros 124) |
 July 20, 1925 (Saros 125) | |
 June 19, 1936 (Saros 126) |
 May 20, 1947 (Saros 127) |
 April 19, 1958 (Saros 128) | |
 March 18, 1969 (Saros 129) |
 February 16, 1980 (Saros 130) |
 January 15, 1991 (Saros 131) | |
 December 14, 2001 (Saros 132) |
 November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
 October 14, 2023 (Saros 134) | |
 September 12, 2034 (Saros 135) |
August 12, 2045 (Saros 136) |
 July 12, 2056 (Saros 137) | |
 June 11, 2067 (Saros 138) |
 May 11, 2078 (Saros 139) |
 April 10, 2089 (Saros 140) | |
 March 10, 2100 (Saros 141) |
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Metonic series[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 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 June 1, 2011 |
 March 20, 2015 |
 January 6, 2019 |
 October 25, 2022 |
 August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 March 20, 2034 |
 January 5, 2038 |
 October 25, 2041 |
August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 May 31, 2049 |
 March 20, 2053 |
 January 5, 2057 |
 October 24, 2060 |
 August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 May 31, 2068 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 January 6, 2076 |
 October 24, 2079 |
 August 13, 2083 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
 June 1, 2087 |
 October 24, 2098 |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Walker, John. "Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator". www.fourmilab.ch.
- ^ a b c "TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2045 AUG 12".
- ^ Google Earth Gallery for Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Xavier M. Jubier, 2011
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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