Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.495 |
Magnitude | 0.9731 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 164 s (2 min 44 s) |
Coordinates | 32°48′S 60°24′E / 32.8°S 60.4°E |
Max. width of band | 110 km (68 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:08:57 |
References | |
Saros | 135 (42 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9666 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 4, 2070, with a magnitude of 0.9731. 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.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 2070[edit]
- A total solar eclipse on April 11, 2070.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 25, 2070.
- An annular solar eclipse on October 4, 2070.
- A partial lunar eclipse on October 19, 2070.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 10, 2079
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081
Solar Saros 135[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1983
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 5, 2157
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072[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]
The partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 | April 21, 2069![]() Partial |
1.0624 | 125 | October 15, 2069![]() Partial |
−1.2524 | |
130 | April 11, 2070![]() Total |
0.3652 | 135 | October 4, 2070![]() Annular |
−0.495 | |
140 | March 31, 2071![]() Annular |
−0.3739 | 145 | September 23, 2071![]() Total |
0.262 | |
150 | March 19, 2072![]() Partial |
−1.1405 | 155 | September 12, 2072![]() Total |
0.9655 |
Saros 135[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331. It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511 through February 24, 2305; hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323 and March 18, 2341; and total eclipses from March 29, 2359 through May 22, 2449. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593. 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 16 at 10 minutes, 41 seconds on December 24, 1601, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 28–49 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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28 | 29 | 30 |
![]() May 5, 1818 |
![]() May 15, 1836 |
![]() May 26, 1854 |
31 | 32 | 33 |
![]() June 6, 1872 |
![]() June 17, 1890 |
![]() June 28, 1908 |
34 | 35 | 36 |
![]() July 9, 1926 |
![]() July 20, 1944 |
![]() July 31, 1962 |
37 | 38 | 39 |
![]() August 10, 1980 |
![]() August 22, 1998 |
![]() September 1, 2016 |
40 | 42 | 42 |
![]() September 12, 2034 |
![]() September 22, 2052 |
![]() October 4, 2070 |
43 | 44 | 45 |
![]() October 14, 2088 |
![]() October 26, 2106 |
![]() November 6, 2124 |
46 | 47 | 48 |
![]() November 17, 2142 |
![]() November 27, 2160 |
![]() December 9, 2178 |
49 | ||
![]() December 19, 2196 |
Inex series[edit]
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.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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![]() January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
![]() December 25, 1954 (Saros 131) |
![]() December 4, 1983 (Saros 132) |
![]() November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
![]() October 25, 2041 (Saros 134) |
![]() October 4, 2070 (Saros 135) |
![]() September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
References[edit]
- ^ 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 135". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC