An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, November 4, 2078, with a magnitude of 0.9255. 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. Occurring about 22 hours before apogee (on November 5, 2078, at 14:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, and Tristan da Cunha. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Oceania, Mexico, the southwestern United States, Central America, South America, and Antarctica.
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.
+November 4, 2078 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2078 November 4 at 13:50:30.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2078 November 4 at 14:56:36.8 UTC First Central Line 2078 November 4 at 14:59:50.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2078 November 4 at 15:03:05.2 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2078 November 4 at 16:12:46.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2078 November 4 at 16:55:44.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2078 November 4 at 16:58:29.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2078 November 4 at 17:07:32.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2078 November 4 at 17:13:29.5 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2078 November 4 at 17:38:24.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2078 November 4 at 18:48:15.5 UTC Last Central Line 2078 November 4 at 18:51:30.7 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2078 November 4 at 18:54:45.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2078 November 4 at 20:00:55.0 UTC
+November 4, 2078 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92551 Eclipse Obscuration 0.85657 Gamma −0.22852 Sun Right Ascension 14h40m53.9s Sun Declination -15°38'07.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h40m33.5s Moon Declination -15°49'24.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'42.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°53'58.5" ΔT 104.5 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 October–November 2078 October 21Ascending node (full moon) November 4Descending node (new moon) November 19Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2078 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 27. A total solar eclipse on May 11. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 21. An annular solar eclipse on November 4. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2082
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2069 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 10, 2087
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2089
Solar Saros 144 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 16, 2107
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 5, 2165
Solar eclipses of 2076–2079
Saros 144
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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