A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, August 3, 2054, with a magnitude of 0.0655. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for a very small part of Antarctica. This event will be the 71st and final event in Solar Saros 117.
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 3, 2054 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2054 August 03 at 17:30:57.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2054 August 03 at 17:49:29.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2054 August 03 at 18:04:02.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2054 August 03 at 18:32:59.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2054 August 03 at 18:36:52.3 UTC
+August 3, 2054 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.06558 Eclipse Obscuration 0.02025 Gamma −1.49414 Sun Right Ascension 08h56m24.5s Sun Declination +17°17'09.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'45.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 08h55m14.2s Moon Declination +15°47'22.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'41.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'16.5" ΔT 86.9 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of August–September 2054 August 3Ascending node (new moon) August 18Descending node (full moon) September 2Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2054 A total lunar eclipse on February 22. A partial solar eclipse on March 9. A partial solar eclipse on August 3. A total lunar eclipse on August 18. A partial solar eclipse on September 2.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
Tritos Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2065
Solar Saros 117 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2036
Inex Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2083
Triad Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 4, 2141
Solar eclipses of 2054–2058
Saros 117
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 2054 and 2200August 3, 2054(Saros 117)July 3, 2065(Saros 118)June 1, 2076(Saros 119)May 2, 2087(Saros 120)April 1, 2098(Saros 121)March 1, 2109(Saros 122)January 30, 2120(Saros 123)December 30, 2130(Saros 124)November 28, 2141(Saros 125)October 28, 2152(Saros 126)September 28, 2163(Saros 127)August 27, 2174(Saros 128)July 26, 2185(Saros 129)June 26, 2196(Saros 130)
Inex series
The partial solar eclipses on January 12, 1823 (part of Saros 109) and December 2, 1880 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 2054 and 2200August 3, 2054(Saros 117)July 15, 2083(Saros 118)June 24, 2112(Saros 119)June 4, 2141(Saros 120)May 16, 2170(Saros 121)April 25, 2199(Saros 122)
References
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