| Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.535 |
| Magnitude | 1.0531 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 4m 51s |
| Coordinates | 12.7S 15.2E |
| Max. width of band | 206 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:21:13 |
| References | |
| Saros | 146 (29 of 76) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9610 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| 121 | February 28, 2044 Annular |
126 | August 23, 2044 Total |
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| 131 | February 16, 2045 Annular |
136 | August 12, 2045 Total |
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| 141 | February 5, 2046 Annular |
146 | August 2, 2046 Total |
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| 151 | January 26, 2047 Partial |
156 | July 22, 2047 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
The 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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069.
| May 20-21 | March 9 | December 25-26 | October 13-14 | August 1-2 |
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| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
May 21, 1993 |
March 9, 1997 |
December 25, 2000 |
October 14, 2004 |
August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
May 20, 2012 |
March 9, 2016 |
December 26, 2019 |
October 14, 2023 |
August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 |
March 9, 2035 |
December 26, 2038 |
October 14, 2042 |
August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 20, 2050 |
March 9, 2054 |
December 26, 2057 |
October 13, 2061 |
August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
May 20, 2069 |
