Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1651 |
Magnitude | 0.6768 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 70°30′N 114°54′E / 70.5°N 114.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:55:59 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (61 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9671 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, February 7, 2073, with a magnitude of 0.6768. 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.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2073
- A partial solar eclipse on February 7, 2073.
- A total lunar eclipse on February 22, 2073.
- A total solar eclipse on August 3, 2073.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 17, 2073.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 13, 2082
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084
Solar Saros 122
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2102
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 9, 2159
Solar eclipses of 2073–2076
This 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.[1]
122 | February 7, 2073 Partial |
127 | August 3, 2073 Total |
132 | January 27, 2074 Annular |
137 | July 24, 2074 Annular |
142 | January 16, 2075 Total |
147 | July 13, 2075 Annular |
152 | January 6, 2076 Total |
157 | July 1, 2076 Partial |
Saros 122
It is a part of Saros cycle 122, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 12, 1135 through August 3, 1171, hybrid eclipses on August 13, 1189 and August 25, 1207, and annular eclipses from September 4, 1225 through October 10, 1874. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 17, 2235. The longest duration of totality was 1 minute, 25 seconds on July 12, 1135, and the longest duration of annularity was 6 minutes, 28 seconds on October 10, 1874.
Series members 52-68 occur between 1900 and 2200: | ||
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52 | 53 | 54 |
November 2, 1910 |
November 12, 1928 |
November 23, 1946 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
December 4, 1964 |
December 15, 1982 |
December 25, 2000 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
January 6, 2019 |
January 16, 2037 |
January 27, 2055 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
February 7, 2073 |
February 18, 2091 |
March 1, 2109 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
March 13, 2127 |
March 23, 2145 |
April 3, 2163 |
67 | 68 | |
April 14, 2181 |
April 25, 2199 |
References
- ^ 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.