Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043

Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043
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Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 1.0102
Magnitude 0.9497
Maximum eclipse
Duration -
Coordinates 61°00′S 35°18′E / 61°S 35.3°E / -61; 35.3
Max. width of band - km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 3:01:49
References
Saros 154 (8 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9604

An annular solar eclipse will occur on 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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Solar eclipses of 2040-2043

Each member 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.

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

Partial		 124November 4, 2040

Annular
129April 30, 2041

Total		 134October 25, 2041

Annular
139April 20, 2042

Total		 144October 14, 2042

Annular
149April 9, 2043

Total		 154October 3, 2043

Annular

Metonic cycle

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).

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