Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045
| Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2116 |
| Magnitude | 1.0774 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 366 sec (6 m 6 s) |
| Coordinates | 25°54′N 78°30′W / 25.9°N 78.5°W |
| Max. width of band | 256 km (159 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:42:39 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (39 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9608 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2045. 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.
It will be the fourth longest eclipse of the 21st century with a magnitude of 1.0774 occurring just one hour before perigee.[1] It will be visible throughout much of the continental United States, with a path of totality running through northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The total eclipse will be greatest over the Bahamas, before continuing over the Virgin Islands, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
The path of totality of this eclipse will be seen over many major cities, including Reno, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Nassau, and Santo Domingo.[2] It will also be the second total eclipse visible from Little Rock in about 21 years.[2] Totality will last for at least 6 minutes along the part of the path that starts at Camden, Alabama, crossing Florida and ending near the southernmost Bahama Islands. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes 5.5 seconds at 25°54.594′N 78°32.19′W / 25.909900°N 78.53650°W, which is over the Atlantic Ocean east of Fort Lauderdale and south of Freeport, Bahamas.[2]
The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 will have a very similar path of totality over the USA, about 250 miles to the northeast, also crossing the USA's Pacific coast and Atlantic coast.[3]
Images
Animated path: Small dark circle represents umbra, much larger grey circle represents penumbra.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 2044–2047
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | February 28, 2044 Annular |
126 | August 23, 2044 Total | |||
| 131 | February 16, 2045 Annular |
136 | August 12, 2045 Total | |||
| 141 | February 5, 2046 Annular |
146 | August 2, 2046 Total | |||
| 151 | January 26, 2047 Partial |
156 | July 22, 2047 Partial | |||
| Partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
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 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
 April 25, 1865 |
 May 6, 1883 |
 May 18, 1901 |
| 32 | 33 | 34 |
 May 29, 1919 |
 Jun 8, 1937 |
 Jun 20, 1955 |
| 35 | 36 | 37 |
 Jun 30, 1973 |
 Jul 11, 1991 |
 Jul 22, 2009 |
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
 Aug 2, 2027 |
Aug 12, 2045 |
 Aug. 24, 2063 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
 Sep. 3, 2081 |
 Sep. 14, 2099 |
 Sep. 26, 2117 |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
| 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
| 118 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 1, 2011 |
 March 20, 2015 |
 January 6, 2019 |
 October 25, 2022 |
 August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 March 20, 2034 |
 January 5, 2038 |
 October 25, 2041 |
August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 May 31, 2049 |
 March 20, 2053 |
 January 5, 2057 |
 October 24, 2060 |
 August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 May 31, 2068 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 January 6, 2076 |
 October 24, 2079 |
 August 13, 2083 |
| 157 | ||||
 June 1, 2087 | ||||
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