Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064

Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.4652
Magnitude 1.0495
Maximum eclipse
Duration 268 sec (4 m 28 s)
Coordinates 10°54′S 96°00′W / 10.9°S 96°W / -10.9; -96
Max. width of band 184 km (114 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 17:46:06
References
Saros 146 (30 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9651

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2064. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2062-2065

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.

121March 11, 2062

Partial
126September 3, 2062

Partial
131February 28, 2063

Annular
136August 24, 2063

Total
141February 17, 2064

Annular
146August 12, 2064

Total
151February 5, 2065

Partial
156August 2, 2065

Partial

Metonic series

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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