Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085
| Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.2786 |
| Magnitude | 0.9971 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 19 sec (0 m 19 s) |
| Coordinates | 7°18′S 160°48′W / 7.3°S 160.8°W |
| Max. width of band | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 22:37:48 |
| References | |
| Saros | 143 (27 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9700 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on December 16, 2085. 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
Solar eclipses 2083-2087
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.
| 118 | July 15, 2083 Partial |
123 | January 7, 2084 Partial |
| 128 | July 3, 2084 Annular |
133 | December 27, 2084 Total |
| 138 | June 22, 2085 Annular |
143 | December 16, 2085 Annular |
| 148 | June 11, 2086 Total |
153 | December 6, 2086 Partial |
| 158 | June 1, 2087 Partial |
Saros 143
It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.[1]
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|
 August 30, 1905 |
 September 10, 1923 |
 September 21, 1941 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
 October 2, 1959 |
 October 12, 1977 |
 October 24, 1995 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
 November 3, 2013 |
 November 14, 2031 |
 November 25, 2049 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
 December 6, 2067 |
December 16, 2085 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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