Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
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Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.0661
Magnitude 0.8816
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 66°24′S 6°36′W / 66.4°S 6.6°W / -66.4; -6.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:50:12
References
Saros 123 (55 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9614

A partial solar eclipse will occur on December 16, 2047. 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.

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Solar eclipses of 2047-2050

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.

Note: Partial lunar eclises on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

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