Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
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An annular solar eclipse will occur on Friday, November 4, 2078. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity will cross Pacific Ocean, South America, and Atlantic Ocean. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Annular Solar Eclipse of 4 November 2078.
Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2285 |
Magnitude | 0.9255 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 509 s (8 min 29 s) |
Coordinates | 27.8°S 83.3°W / -27.8; -83.3 |
Max. width of band | 287 km (178 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 16:55:44 |
References | |
Saros | 144 (20 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9684 |
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.92551
Eclipse Obscuration = 0.85657
Gamma = -0.22852
Greatest Eclipse = 04 Nov 2078 16:53:57.5 UTC (16:55:44.4 TD)
Delta T = 1 minute, 46.9 seconds
Annularity Duration at Greatest Eclipse = 8 minutes, 29 seconds, 80 milliseconds
Annularity Duration at Greatest Duration = 8 minutes, 31 seconds, 940 milliseconds
Path Width at Greatest Eclipse = 287.5 km (178.6 mi)
Path Width at Greatest Duration = 286.0 km (177.7 mi)
Moon diameter = 1764.8 arcseconds
Sun diameter = 1935.0 arcseconds
Moon declination = 15 degrees, 49 minutes, 24.5 seconds south of the Celestial equator
Sun declination = 15 degrees, 38 minutes, 7.6 seconds south of the Celestial equator
Moon right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 33.5 seconds
Sun right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 53.9 seconds