Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
| Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001 | |
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Partial eclipse from Minneapolis, MN | |
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.4089 |
| Magnitude | 0.9681 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 233 sec (3 m 53 s) |
| Coordinates | 0°36′N 130°42′W / 0.6°N 130.7°W |
| Max. width of band | 126 km (78 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:53:01 |
| References | |
| Saros | 132 (45 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9512 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 14, 2001. 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. It was visible across the Pacific ocean and North America. The central shadow passed just south of Hawaii in early morning and ended over Central America near sunset.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2000-2003
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.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 | July 1, 2000 Partial (south) |
122 | December 25, 2000 Partial (north) | |
127 Totality from Zambia | June 21, 2001 Total |
132 Partial from Minneapolis, MN | December 14, 2001 Annular | |
137.jpg) Partial Los Angeles, CA | June 10, 2002 Annular |
142 | December 4, 2002 Total | |
147 Partial from Belfort | May 31, 2003 Annular |
152 | November 23, 2003 Total | |
Saros 132
It is a part of Saros cycle 132, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 13, 1208. It contains annular eclipses from March 17, 1569 through March 12, 2146, hybrid on March 23, 2164 and April 3, 2183 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. The longest duration of annular was 6 minutes, 56 seconds on May 9, 1641, and totality will be 2 minutes, 14 seconds on June 8, 2290.[1]
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Series members 40-50 occur between 1901 and 2100: |
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).
| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
 July 22, 1971 |
 May 11, 1975 |
 February 26, 1979 |
 December 15, 1982 |
 October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
 July 22, 1990 |
 May 10, 1994 |
 February 26, 1998 |
December 14, 2001 |
 October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
 July 22, 2009 |
 May 10, 2013 |
 February 26, 2017 |
 December 14, 2020 |
 October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
 July 22, 2028 |
 May 9, 2032 |
 February 27, 2036 |
 December 15, 2039 |
 October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
 July 22, 2047 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
- Photos of solar eclipse around the world
- Partial Eclipse, Cloudy Day, APOD 12/21/2001, near Des Moines, Iowa
- Partial Solar Eclipse from the USA
- SpaceWeather.com Dec 14, 2001, Solar Eclipse Gallery and
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