An annular
solar eclipse will occur on Monday, November 15, 2077, with a magnitude of 0.9371. A
solar eclipse occurs when the
Moon
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passes between
Earth
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and the
Sun
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, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's
apparent diameter
The angular diameter, angular size, apparent diameter, or apparent size is an angular distance describing how large a sphere or circle appears from a given point of view. In the vision sciences, it is called the visual angle, and in optics, it is ...
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 North America and South America. This will be the 47th solar eclipse of
Saros cycle 134. A small annular eclipse will cover only 93.71% of the Sun in a very broad path, 262 km wide at maximum, and will last 7 minutes and 54 seconds. Occurring only 4 days after apogee (Apogee on Thursday, November 11, 2077), the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller.
More details about the Annular Solar Eclipse on Monday, November 15, 2077
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.93707
Eclipse Obscuration = 0.87810
Gamma = 0.47047
Saros Series = 134th (47 of 71)
Greatest Eclipse = 15 Nov 2077 17:06:10.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction = 15 Nov 2077 17:00:37.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction = 15 Nov 2077 16:46:06.0 UTC
Sun right ascension = 15.44
Sun declination = -18.8
Sun diameter (arcseconds) = 1940.2
Moon right ascension = 15.45
Moon declination = -18.4
Moon diameter (arcseconds) = 1793.8
Geocentric Libration of the Moon
Latitude: 3.3 degrees south
Longitude: 0.6 degrees west
Direction: 12.7 (NNE)
Date of this Annular Solar Eclipse: Monday, 15 November 2077
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2076–2079
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* Preceded:
Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
* Followed:
Solar eclipse of December 27, 2084
A total solar eclipse will occur on December 27, 2084. 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 M ...
Saros 134
Tritos series
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