Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019 | |
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![]() Annularity as seen from Jaffna, Sri Lanka | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.4135 |
Magnitude | 0.9701 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 220 s (3 min 40 s) |
Coordinates | 1°00′N 102°18′E / 1°N 102.3°E |
Max. width of band | 118 km (73 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:18:53 |
References | |
Saros | 132 (46 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9552 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019,[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.9701. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring 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.[5]
The annularity was visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
Details[edit]
Eclipse Magnitude | 0.97010 |
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Eclipse Obscuration | 0.94110 |
Gamma | 0.41351 |
Saros series | 132 (46 of 71) |
Greatest Eclipse | 26 Dec 2019 05:17:43.6 UTC |
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Ecliptic Conjunction | 26 Dec 2019 05:13:07.5 UTC |
Equatorial Conjunction | 26 Dec 2019 05:14:34.3 UTC |
Coordinate | Sun | Moon |
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Right Ascension | 18.3 | 18.3 |
Declination | -23.4 | -23 |
Diameter (arcseconds) | 1951.4 | 1866.0 |
Contact Event | Time UTC |
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First Penumbral External Contact | 02:29:51.3 |
First Umbral External Contact | 03:34:32.2 |
First Central Line | 03:36:04.1 |
First Umbral Internal Contact | 03:37:36.3 |
First Penumbral Internal Contact | 05:01:26.1 |
Greatest Eclipse | 05:17:43.6 |
Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 05:34:04.7 |
Last Umbral Internal Contact | 06:57:50.7 |
Last Central Line | 06:59:25.9 |
Last Umbral External Contact | 07:01:00.9 |
Last Penumbral External Contact | 08:05:43.9 |
Visibility and viewing[edit]
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It was the last solar eclipse of 2019. The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passed through the Saudi Arabian peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It covered small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North and West Australia, Eastern Africa, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.[5][6] The eclipse started with an antumbra having a magnitude of 0.96; it stretched 164 kilometers wide, and traveled eastwards at an average rate of 1.1 kilometers per second. The longest duration of annularity was 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in the South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).[5]
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The eclipse began in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and ended in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1. It reached India near Kannur, Kerala, at 03:56 UT1. The shadow reached the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1. Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it headed into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places were Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passed through the South China Sea, crossed Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then headed towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encountered Guam at 6:56 UT1 and rose back into space.[5]
Gallery[edit]
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Partial from Nabih Saleh, Bahrain, 3:32 UTC
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Partial from Kuwait City, 3:52 UTC
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Partial from Kochi, India, 3:59 UTC
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Nilambur, India, 3:59 UTC
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Mangalore, India, 4:16 UTC
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Partial from Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5:13 UTC
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Labrador Nature Reserve, Singapore, 5:23 UTC
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Partial from University of Science, Malaysia, 5:25 UTC
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Batam, Indonesia, 5:25 UTC
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Tanjungpinang, Indonesia, 5:25 UTC
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Partial from Hefei, China, 6:18 UTC
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Partial from San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 6:19 UTC
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Partial from Digos, Philippines, 6:21 UTC
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Merizo, Guam, 6:56 UTC
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Eclipse Progression from Batam, Indonesia
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses of 2019[edit]
- A partial solar eclipse on January 6.
- A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
- A total solar eclipse on July 2.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
- An annular solar eclipse on December 26.
Astronomers Without Borders collected eclipse glasses for redistribution to Latin America and Asia for their 2019 eclipses from the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.[7]
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
Solar Saros 132[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106
Solar eclipses of 2018–2021[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.[8]
The partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018 and August 11, 2018 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2018 to 2021 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117![]() Partial in Melbourne, Australia |
July 13, 2018![]() Partial |
−1.35423 | 122![]() Partial in Nakhodka, Russia |
January 6, 2019![]() Partial |
1.14174 | |
127![]() Totality in La Serena, Chile |
July 2, 2019![]() Total |
−0.64656 | 132![]() Annularity in Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
December 26, 2019![]() Annular |
0.41351 | |
137![]() Annularity in Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan |
June 21, 2020![]() Annular |
0.12090 | 142![]() Totality in Gorbea, Chile |
December 14, 2020![]() Total |
−0.29394 | |
147![]() Partial in Halifax, Canada |
June 10, 2021![]() Annular |
0.91516 | 152![]() From HMS Protector off South Georgia |
December 4, 2021![]() Total |
−0.95261 |
Saros 132[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 132, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 13, 1208. It contains annular eclipses from March 17, 1569 through March 12, 2146; hybrid eclipses on March 23, 2164 and April 3, 2182; and total eclipses from April 14, 2200 through June 19, 2308. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 25, 2470. 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 25 at 6 minutes, 56 seconds on May 9, 1641, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 2 minutes, 14 seconds on June 8, 2290. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[9]
Series members 34–56 occur between 1801 and 2200: | |||
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34 | 35 | 36 | |
![]() August 17, 1803 |
![]() August 27, 1821 |
![]() September 7, 1839 | |
37 | 38 | 39 | |
![]() September 18, 1857 |
![]() September 29, 1875 |
![]() October 9, 1893 | |
40 | 41 | 42 | |
![]() October 22, 1911 |
![]() November 1, 1929 |
![]() November 12, 1947 | |
43 | 44 | 45 | |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
![]() December 4, 1983 |
![]() December 14, 2001 | |
46 | 47 | 48 | |
![]() December 26, 2019 |
![]() January 5, 2038 |
![]() January 16, 2056 | |
49 | 50 | 51 | |
![]() January 27, 2074 |
![]() February 7, 2092 |
![]() February 18, 2110 | |
52 | 53 | 54 | |
![]() March 1, 2128 |
![]() March 12, 2146 |
![]() March 23, 2164 | |
55 | 56 | ||
![]() April 3, 2182 |
![]() April 14, 2200 |
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.[10]
Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065 | ||||
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May 20–21 | March 8–9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
98 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 106 |
May 21, 1955 | March 9, 1959 | December 26, 1962 | October 14, 1966 | August 2, 1970 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
May 21, 1974 | March 9, 1978 | December 26, 1981 | October 14, 1985 | August 1, 1989 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() May 21, 1993 |
![]() March 9, 1997 |
![]() December 25, 2000 |
![]() October 14, 2004 |
![]() August 1, 2008 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() May 20, 2012 |
![]() March 9, 2016 |
![]() December 26, 2019 |
![]() October 14, 2023 |
![]() August 2, 2027 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() May 21, 2031 |
![]() March 9, 2035 |
![]() December 26, 2038 |
![]() October 14, 2042 |
![]() August 2, 2046 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
![]() May 20, 2050 |
![]() March 9, 2054 |
![]() December 26, 2057 |
![]() October 13, 2061 |
![]() August 2, 2065 |
158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
![]() May 20, 2069 |
March 8, 2073 | December 26, 2076 | October 13, 2080 | August 1, 2084 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Malik, Tariq (December 26, 2019). "'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Thrills Skywatchers Around the World (and in Space, Too!)". Space.com.
- ^ "Solar eclipse creates 'ring of fire' in sky over parts of Asia Dec. 26". ABC7 Chicago. December 26, 2019.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (December 26, 2019). "'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse Sweeps Across Skies In Middle East And Southeast Asia". NPR.com.
- ^ "Egg-standing test goes viral as ring-of-fire eclipse crosses Asia". December 26, 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ a b c d "EclipseWise - Eclipses During 2019". eclipsewise.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse on December 26, 2019". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ Cooper, Gael (2017-08-22). "Wait! Dig those eclipse glasses out of the garbage Here comes the sun. Astronomers Without Borders will be collecting the protective eyewear for use in future eclipses worldwide". Retrieved 2017-08-27.
- ^ 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 132". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
- ^ Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions in Freeth, Tony (2014). "Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103275. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3275F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103275. PMC 4116162. PMID 25075747.
References[edit]
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