A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, August 12, 2045, with a magnitude of 1.0774. 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. Occurring about 7 minutes after perigee (on August 12, 2045, at 17:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be near its maximum.

It will be the fourth longest eclipse of the 21st century with a magnitude of 1.0774. It will be visible throughout much of the continental United States, with a path of totality running through northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. The total eclipse will be greatest over the Bahamas, before continuing over the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, northeastern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northeastern Brazil. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of the Russian Far East, Hawaii, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, and West Africa.

The path of totality of this eclipse will be seen over many major cities, including Reno, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Jackson, Montgomery, Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Nassau, Santo Domingo, Porlamar, Port of Spain, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Belém, São Luís, Joāo Pessoa and Recife. Totality will last for at least 6 minutes along the part of the path that starts at Camden, Alabama, crossing Florida and ending near the southernmost Bahama Islands. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes 5.5 seconds at , which is over the Atlantic Ocean east of Fort Lauderdale and south of Freeport, Bahamas.

The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 had a very similar path of totality over the U.S., about to the northeast, also crossing the Pacific coast and Atlantic coast of the country. This is because when a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at an ascending node (i.e. moves from south to north during odd-numbered saros), the path of the eclipse tracks from coast to coast. When a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at descending node (even numbered saros), the path tracks a large distance southward.Google Earth Gallery for Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Xavier M. Jubier, 2011

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2045(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Salt Lake City 09:21:05 10:28:54 10:29:37 10:30:20 11:43:18 1:26 2:22 1.0019 Oklahoma City 10:36:44 11:51:31 11:53:07 11:54:43 13:12:37 3:12 2:36 1.0068 Little Rock 10:44:47 12:00:15 12:03:04 12:05:54 13:22:56 5:39 2:38 1.0284 Jackson 10:49:40 12:08:04 12:09:39 12:11:14 13:30:23 3:10 2:41 1.0062 Montgomery 10:56:21 12:14:56 12:16:51 12:18:45 13:36:50 3:49 2:40 1.009 St. Petersburg 12:07:44 13:28:44 13:30:32 13:32:19 14:50:56 3:35 2:43 1.0076 Tampa 12:07:55 13:28:09 13:30:38 13:33:07 14:50:57 4:58 2:43 1.0162 Orlando 12:09:17 13:28:50 13:31:43 13:34:36 14:51:31 5:46 2:42 1.0261 Hialeah 12:14:56 13:37:00 13:38:18 13:39:37 14:58:13 2:37 2:43 1.0041 Miami 12:15:13 13:37:23 13:38:37 13:39:51 14:58:30 2:28 2:43 1.0036 Freeport 12:17:08 13:37:13 13:40:05 13:42:56 14:59:17 5:43 2:42 1.0256 Nassau 12:21:55 13:42:07 13:45:09 13:48:10 15:03:59 6:03 2:42 1.0343 Providenciales 12:37:33 13:58:42 14:00:12 14:01:42 15:16:49 3:00 2:39 1.0055 Gonaïves 12:40:44 14:02:07 14:03:55 14:05:43 15:20:44 3:36 2:40 1.0082 Labadee 12:41:01 14:01:13 14:04:01 14:06:49 15:20:38 5:36 2:40 1.026 Cap-Haïtien 12:41:08 14:01:19 14:04:08 14:06:57 15:20:44 5:38 2:40 1.0264 Puerto Plata 12:44:09 14:04:07 14:06:34 14:09:00 15:22:23 4:53 2:38 1.0172 Santiago de los Caballeros 12:44:44 14:04:26 14:07:12 14:09:58 15:23:01 5:32 2:38 1.0254 La Vega 12:45:31 14:05:08 14:07:56 14:10:44 15:23:40 5:36 2:38 1.027 Santo Domingo 12:48:05 14:07:28 14:10:21 14:13:13 15:25:44 5:45 2:38 1.0312 Port of Spain 13:18:58 14:34:26 14:36:54 14:39:21 15:46:50 4:55 2:28 1.0236 Chaguanas 13:19:24 14:34:46 14:37:15 14:39:44 15:47:07 4:58 2:28 1.0246 San Fernando 13:19:44 14:34:59 14:37:36 14:40:12 15:47:28 5:13 2:28 1.0312 Georgetown 13:31:45 14:44:47 14:47:16 14:49:44 15:54:48 4:57 2:23 1.0306 Linden 13:33:01 14:46:46 14:48:25 14:50:03 15:55:50 3:17 2:23 1.0093 New Amsterdam 13:33:48 14:46:24 14:48:51 14:51:17 15:55:58 4:53 2:22 1.0299 Nieuw Nickerie 14:35:11 15:47:25 15:49:53 15:52:20 16:56:40 4:55 2:21 1.0331 Paramaribo 14:38:16 15:50:32 15:51:53 15:53:14 16:57:43 2:42 2:19 1.0064 Belém 14:58:45 16:06:28 16:07:14 16:08:01 17:08:39 1:33 2:10 1.0027 Recife 15:18:31 16:17:53 16:19:15 16:20:37 17:14:27 2:44 1:56 1.0119References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2045(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage San Francisco 08:12:36 09:17:04 10:27:39 2:15 94.68% Los Angeles 08:14:55 09:21:07 10:33:45 2:19 79.46% Washington, D.C. 12:10:55 13:23:51 14:35:01 2:24 62.01% New York City 12:16:51 13:26:00 14:33:15 2:16 50.85% Havana 12:15:13 13:39:04 14:59:32 2:44 88.04% Kingston 11:35:35 12:59:30 14:17:34 2:42 86.81% Cockburn Harbour 12:39:31 14:01:56 15:18:11 2:39 99.87% Cockburn Town 12:40:23 14:02:39 15:18:40 2:38 99.32% Port-au-Prince 12:43:06 14:06:15 15:22:49 2:40 99.78%Cabo Rojo12:54:4214:15:3915:29:262:3498.74% San Juan 12:55:55 14:16:12 15:29:21 2:33 94.78% Charlotte Amalie 12:58:36 14:18:10 15:30:32 2:32 91.97% Cruz Bay 12:58:54 14:18:23 15:30:40 2:32 91.62% Road Town 12:59:07 14:18:27 15:30:37 2:32 90.88% Christiansted 13:00:05 14:19:37 15:31:52 2:32 92.99% Oranjestad 12:59:46 14:21:34 15:35:49 2:36 89.76% Basseterre 13:04:56 14:23:13 15:34:10 2:29 88.89% Willemstad 13:02:39 14:24:02 15:37:46 2:35 91.66% St. John's 13:07:02 14:24:43 15:35:04 2:28 87.01% Kralendijk 13:03:44 14:24:57 15:38:26 2:35 93.62% Basse-Terre 13:09:07 14:26:56 15:37:18 2:28 89.85% Roseau 13:10:58 14:28:41 15:38:50 2:28 90.88% Caracas 13:09:42 14:30:01 15:42:27 2:33 92.71% Fort-de-France 13:12:46 14:30:21 15:40:18 2:28 91.98% Castries 13:13:57 14:31:32 15:41:26 2:27 93.42% Kingstown 13:14:58 14:32:47 15:42:49 2:28 96.33% St. George's 13:15:57 14:34:06 15:44:22 2:28 99.87% Bridgetown 13:18:09 14:34:52 15:43:52 2:26 92.36% Scarborough 13:19:24 14:36:55 15:46:30 2:27 99.77% Cayenne 14:44:02 15:55:48 17:00:01 2:16 97.78% Fortaleza 15:11:34 16:14:33 17:11:30 2:00 97.97%References:

Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

+August 12, 2045 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2045 August 12 at 15:07:00.8 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2045 August 12 at 16:00:47.6 UTC First Central Line 2045 August 12 at 16:02:23.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2045 August 12 at 16:03:58.9 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2045 August 12 at 16:59:52.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2045 August 12 at 17:32:55.3 UTC Greatest Duration 2045 August 12 at 17:36:50.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2045 August 12 at 17:40:30.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2045 August 12 at 17:42:39.1 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2045 August 12 at 18:25:38.4 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2045 August 12 at 19:21:25.5 UTC Last Central Line 2045 August 12 at 19:23:01.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2045 August 12 at 19:24:36.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2045 August 12 at 20:18:21.5 UTC

+August 12, 2045 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.07736 Eclipse Obscuration 1.16069 Gamma 0.21161 Sun Right Ascension 09h31m17.7s Sun Declination +14°40'40.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'47.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 09h31m39.7s Moon Declination +14°52'29.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.3" ΔT 81.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

+ Eclipse season of August 2045 August 12Descending node (new moon) August 27Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 136 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 148

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2045 An annular solar eclipse on February 16. A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 3. A total solar eclipse on August 12. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056

Solar Saros 136 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 13, 2132

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 136

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

See also List of solar eclipses in the 21st century List of solar eclipses visible from the United States

References

External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2045Aug12T.GIF