Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073

Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.8763
Magnitude 1.0294
Maximum eclipse
Duration 149 sec (2 m 29 s)
Coordinates 43°12′S 89°24′W / 43.2°S 89.4°W / -43.2; -89.4
Max. width of band 206 km (128 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 17:15:23
References
Saros 127 (61 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9672

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 3, 2073. 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.

Solar eclipses 2073-2076

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.

122February 7, 2073

Partial
127August 3, 2073

Total
132January 27, 2074

Annular
137July 24, 2074

Annular
142January 16, 2075

Total
147July 13, 2075

Annular
152January 6, 2076

Total
157July 1, 2076

Partial

Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532.[1]

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