An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 22, 2066,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9435. 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 only about 8 hours after apogee (on June 22, 2066, at 11:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
| Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.733 |
| Magnitude | 0.9435 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 280 s (4 min 40 s) |
| Coordinates | 70°06′N 96°24′W / 70.1°N 96.4°W |
| Max. width of band | 309 km (192 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 19:25:48 |
| References | |
| Saros | 128 (61 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9656 |
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, northern Canada, and the Azores. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of northern Russia, Canada, Greenland, the United States, the Caribbean, Northern Europe, and Western Europe.
Eclipse details
editShown 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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 16:41:43.1 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 18:02:00.7 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2066 June 22 at 18:05:23.1 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2066 June 22 at 18:08:50.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2066 June 22 at 19:15:57.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2066 June 22 at 19:17:05.8 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2066 June 22 at 19:22:58.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2066 June 22 at 19:25:47.7 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2066 June 22 at 20:42:52.0 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2066 June 22 at 20:46:18.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 20:49:40.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 22:09:56.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.94346 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.89012 |
| Gamma | 0.73297 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 06h07m28.7s |
| Sun Declination | +23°25'11.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'44.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 06h07m48.1s |
| Moon Declination | +24°04'22.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'42.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°53'57.0" |
| ΔT | 94.9 s |
Eclipse season
editThis 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.
| June 22 Descending node (new moon) |
July 7 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 128 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 140 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2066
edit- A total lunar eclipse on January 11.
- An annular solar eclipse on June 22.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 7.
- A total solar eclipse on December 17.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 31.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2057
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 28, 2075
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
Solar Saros 128
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2084
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 2, 2095
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 23, 2153
Solar eclipses of 2065–2069
editThis eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 118 | July 3, 2065 Partial |
1.4619 | 123 | December 27, 2065 Partial |
−1.0688 | |
| 128 | June 22, 2066 Annular |
0.733 | 133 | December 17, 2066 Total |
−0.4043 | |
| 138 | June 11, 2067 Annular |
−0.0387 | 143 | December 6, 2067 Hybrid |
0.2845 | |
| 148 | May 31, 2068 Total |
−0.797 | 153 | November 24, 2068 Partial |
1.0299 | |
| 158 | May 20, 2069 Partial |
−1.4852 | ||||
Saros 128
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 128, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 16, 1417 through June 18, 1471; hybrid eclipses from June 28, 1489 through July 31, 1543; and annular eclipses from August 11, 1561 through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 27 at 1 minutes, 45 seconds on June 7, 1453, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 48 at 8 minutes, 35 seconds on February 1, 1832. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 47–68 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
| January 21, 1814 |
February 1, 1832 |
February 12, 1850 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
| February 23, 1868 |
March 5, 1886 |
March 17, 1904 |
| 53 | 54 | 55 |
| March 28, 1922 |
April 7, 1940 |
April 19, 1958 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 |
| April 29, 1976 |
May 10, 1994 |
May 20, 2012 |
| 59 | 60 | 61 |
| June 1, 2030 |
June 11, 2048 |
June 22, 2066 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 |
| July 3, 2084 |
July 15, 2102 |
July 25, 2120 |
| 65 | 66 | 67 |
| August 5, 2138 |
August 16, 2156 |
August 27, 2174 |
| 68 | ||
| September 6, 2192 | ||
Metonic series
editThe 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
| 22 eclipse events between June 23, 2047 and November 16, 2134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22–23 | April 10–11 | January 27–29 | November 15–16 | September 3–5 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
| June 23, 2047 |
April 11, 2051 |
January 27, 2055 |
November 16, 2058 |
September 3, 2062 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
| June 22, 2066 |
April 11, 2070 |
January 27, 2074 |
November 15, 2077 |
September 3, 2081 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
| June 22, 2085 |
April 10, 2089 |
January 27, 2093 |
November 15, 2096 |
September 4, 2100 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
| June 22, 2104 |
April 11, 2108 |
January 29, 2112 |
November 16, 2115 |
September 5, 2119 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | |
| June 23, 2123 |
November 16, 2134 | |||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1837 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 1837 (Saros 107) |
March 5, 1848 (Saros 108) |
February 3, 1859 (Saros 109) |
December 2, 1880 (Saros 111) | |
| August 31, 1913 (Saros 114) |
July 31, 1924 (Saros 115) |
June 30, 1935 (Saros 116) | ||
| May 30, 1946 (Saros 117) |
April 30, 1957 (Saros 118) |
March 28, 1968 (Saros 119) |
February 26, 1979 (Saros 120) |
January 26, 1990 (Saros 121) |
| December 25, 2000 (Saros 122) |
November 25, 2011 (Saros 123) |
October 25, 2022 (Saros 124) |
September 23, 2033 (Saros 125) |
August 23, 2044 (Saros 126) |
| July 24, 2055 (Saros 127) |
June 22, 2066 (Saros 128) |
May 22, 2077 (Saros 129) |
April 21, 2088 (Saros 130) |
March 21, 2099 (Saros 131) |
| February 18, 2110 (Saros 132) |
January 19, 2121 (Saros 133) |
December 19, 2131 (Saros 134) |
November 17, 2142 (Saros 135) |
October 17, 2153 (Saros 136) |
| September 16, 2164 (Saros 137) |
August 16, 2175 (Saros 138) |
July 16, 2186 (Saros 139) |
June 15, 2197 (Saros 140) | |
Inex series
editThis eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
November 30, 1834 (Saros 120) |
November 11, 1863 (Saros 121) |
| October 20, 1892 (Saros 122) |
October 1, 1921 (Saros 123) |
September 12, 1950 (Saros 124) |
| August 22, 1979 (Saros 125) |
August 1, 2008 (Saros 126) |
July 13, 2037 (Saros 127) |
| June 22, 2066 (Saros 128) |
June 2, 2095 (Saros 129) |
May 14, 2124 (Saros 130) |
| April 23, 2153 (Saros 131) |
April 3, 2182 (Saros 132) |
|
External links
edit- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- ^ "June 22, 2066 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2066 Jun 22". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 128". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.