Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054 explained

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, September 1 and Wednesday, September 2, 2054,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9793. 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 parts of Northeast Asia, Alaska, western Canada, and the western United States. This is the last of the first set of partial eclipses in Solar Saros 155.

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.[2]

September 2, 2054 Solar Eclipse Times! Event! Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2054 September 01 at 23:12:21.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2054 September 02 at 00:38:15.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2054 September 02 at 01:09:33.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2054 September 02 at 01:19:46.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2054 September 02 at 03:07:02.1 UTC
September 2, 2054 Solar Eclipse Parameters! Parameter! Value
Eclipse Magnitude0.97932
Eclipse Obscuration0.98275
Gamma1.02148
Sun Right Ascension10h45m28.2s
Sun Declination+07°52'58.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h46m40.4s
Moon Declination+08°52'49.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'42.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'17.5"
ΔT86.9 s

Eclipse season

See also: Eclipse cycle. 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.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2054

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 155

Inex

Triad

Inex series

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 1–2, 2054 Partial Solar Eclipse. timeanddate. 15 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2054 Sep 02. EclipseWise.com. 15 August 2024.