A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, November 24, 2068,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9109. 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.
| Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0299 |
| Magnitude | 0.9109 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 68°30′N 131°06′W / 68.5°N 131.1°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 21:32:30 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (12 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9661 |
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of the Russian Far East and much of North America.
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.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2068 November 24 at 19:16:52.1 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2068 November 24 at 21:21:22.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2068 November 24 at 21:32:29.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2068 November 24 at 21:44:08.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2068 November 24 at 23:48:07.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.91091 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.85473 |
| Gamma | 1.02988 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 16h05m39.1s |
| Sun Declination | -20°49'55.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'12.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 16h06m01.8s |
| Moon Declination | -19°53'06.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'08.3" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°55'33.5" |
| ΔT | 96.7 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.
| November 9 Descending node (full moon) |
November 24 Ascending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 127 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 153 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2068
edit- A partial lunar eclipse on May 17.
- A total solar eclipse on May 31.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 9.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 24.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2072
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 13, 2061
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2059
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 2077
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079
Solar Saros 153
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2050
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2086
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2097
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 26, 2155
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.[3]
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 153
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 153, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 28, 1870. It contains annular eclipses from December 17, 2104 through May 26, 2970. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114. 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 annularity will be produced by member 38 at 7 minutes, 1 seconds on September 5, 2537. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 1–19 occur between 1870 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| July 28, 1870 |
August 7, 1888 |
August 20, 1906 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| August 30, 1924 |
September 10, 1942 |
September 20, 1960 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| October 2, 1978 |
October 12, 1996 |
October 23, 2014 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 |
| November 3, 2032 |
November 14, 2050 |
November 24, 2068 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 |
| December 6, 2086 |
December 17, 2104 |
December 28, 2122 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
| January 8, 2141 |
January 19, 2159 |
January 29, 2177 |
| 19 | ||
| February 10, 2195 | ||
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 ascending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| July 1, 2000 |
April 19, 2004 |
February 7, 2008 |
November 25, 2011 |
September 13, 2015 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| July 2, 2019 |
April 20, 2023 |
February 6, 2027 |
November 25, 2030 |
September 12, 2034 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| July 2, 2038 |
April 20, 2042 |
February 5, 2046 |
November 25, 2049 |
September 12, 2053 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| July 1, 2057 |
April 20, 2061 |
February 5, 2065 |
November 24, 2068 |
September 12, 2072 |
| 157 | ||||
| July 1, 2076 | ||||
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.
The partial solar eclipses on December 18, 2188 (part of Saros 164) and November 18, 2199 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
| Series members between 1801 and 2134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 10, 1806 (Saros 129) |
November 9, 1817 (Saros 130) |
October 9, 1828 (Saros 131) |
September 7, 1839 (Saros 132) |
August 7, 1850 (Saros 133) |
| July 8, 1861 (Saros 134) |
June 6, 1872 (Saros 135) |
May 6, 1883 (Saros 136) |
April 6, 1894 (Saros 137) |
March 6, 1905 (Saros 138) |
| February 3, 1916 (Saros 139) |
January 3, 1927 (Saros 140) |
December 2, 1937 (Saros 141) |
November 1, 1948 (Saros 142) |
October 2, 1959 (Saros 143) |
| August 31, 1970 (Saros 144) |
July 31, 1981 (Saros 145) |
June 30, 1992 (Saros 146) |
May 31, 2003 (Saros 147) |
April 29, 2014 (Saros 148) |
| March 29, 2025 (Saros 149) |
February 27, 2036 (Saros 150) |
January 26, 2047 (Saros 151) |
December 26, 2057 (Saros 152) |
November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) |
| October 24, 2079 (Saros 154) |
September 23, 2090 (Saros 155) |
August 24, 2101 (Saros 156) |
July 23, 2112 (Saros 157) |
June 23, 2123 (Saros 158) |
| May 23, 2134 (Saros 159) | ||||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1808 (Saros 144) |
May 4, 1837 (Saros 145) |
April 15, 1866 (Saros 146) |
| March 26, 1895 (Saros 147) |
March 5, 1924 (Saros 148) |
February 14, 1953 (Saros 149) |
| January 24, 1982 (Saros 150) |
January 4, 2011 (Saros 151) |
December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) |
| November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) |
November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) |
October 16, 2126 (Saros 155) |
| September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) |
September 4, 2184 (Saros 157) |
|
References
edit- ^ "November 24, 2068 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2068 Nov 24". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 20 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 153". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links
edit- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
