| Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.9458 |
| Magnitude | 1.0356 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 51s |
| Coordinates | 80.9S 172.8E |
| Max. width of band | 380 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 16:23:46 |
| References | |
| Saros | 152 (14 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9596 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on December 15, 2039.
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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.
Note: Partial lunar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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| 117 | July 23, 2036 Partial |
122 | January 16, 2037 Partial |
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| 127 | July 13, 2037 Total |
132 | January 5, 2038 Annular |
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| 137 | July 2, 2038 Annular |
142 | December 26, 2038 Total |
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| 147 | June 21, 2039 Annular |
152 | December 15, 2039 Total |
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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).
| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
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| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 22, 1971 |
May 11, 1975 |
February 26, 1979 |
December 15, 1982 |
October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 22, 1990 |
May 10, 1994 |
February 26, 1998 |
December 14, 2001 |
October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 22, 2009 |
May 10, 2013 |
February 26, 2017 |
December 14, 2020 |
October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 22, 2028 |
May 9, 2032 |
February 27, 2036 |
December 15, 2039 |
October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
July 22, 2047 |
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