Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057

Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.9405
Magnitude 1.0348
Maximum eclipse
Duration 110 sec (1 m 50 s)
Coordinates 84°54′S 21°48′E / 84.9°S 21.8°E / -84.9; 21.8
Max. width of band 355 km (221 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 1:14:35
References
Saros 152 (15 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9636

A total solar eclipse will occur on December 26, 2057. 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 2054-2058

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.

117August 3, 2054

Partial
122January 27, 2055

Partial
127July 24, 2055

Total
132January 16, 2056

Annular
137July 12, 2056

Annular
142January 5, 2057

Total
147July 1, 2057

Annular
152December 26, 2057

Total
157June 21, 2058

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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