Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099
| Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.3942 |
| Magnitude | 1.0684 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 318 sec (5 m 18 s) |
| Coordinates | 23°24′N 62°48′W / 23.4°N 62.8°W |
| Max. width of band | 241 km (150 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 16:57:53 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (42 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9732 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on September 14, 2099. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Visibility
It will begin at sunrise off the western coast of Canada, and move eastern across Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan) and the northern states of the United States (North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, the Virginias, and North Carolina) and end in the Atlantic ocean. Partiality will be visible throughout North America and South America including all of Brazil.
The total eclipse will pass through the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Madison, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The last total solar eclipse over Madison was May 16, 1379,[1][2] and the last total solar eclipse visible over Grand Rapids was April 18, 1558[3]
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2098-2100
Each member 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.
| 121 | April 1, 2098 Partial |
126 | September 25, 2098 Partial |
| 131 | March 21, 2099 Annular |
136 | September 14, 2099 Total |
| 141 | March 10, 2100 Annular |
146 | September 4, 2100 Total |
Saros 136
Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on Jun 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 8 seconds.[4]
Series members 29–42 occur between 1865 and 2100:
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|
 April 25, 1865 |
 May 6, 1883 | |
| 31 | 32 | 33 |
 May 18, 1901 |
 May 29, 1919 |
 Jun 8, 1937 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
 Jun 20, 1955 |
 Jun 30, 1973 |
 Jul 11, 1991 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 |
 Jul 22, 2009 |
 Aug 2, 2027 |
 Aug 12, 2045 |
| 40 | 41 | 42 |
 Aug. 24, 2063 |
 Sep. 3, 2081 |
Sep. 14, 2099 |
Inex series
This 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.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:
 January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
 December 25, 1954 (Saros 131) |
 December 4, 1983 (Saros 132) |
 November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
 October 25, 2041 (Saros 134) |
 October 4, 2070 (Saros 135) |
September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
Notess
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- HermitEclipse: USA Eclipse Bonanza
