A partial

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will occur at the Moon's

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of orbit on Friday, October 24, 2098, with a

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of 0.0056. A

occurs when the

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passes between Earth and the

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, 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. This minor eclipse is the first solar eclipse of

Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, 18 years 11 days and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative g ...

164. It is the shallowest solar eclipse of the 21st century; at best, in a remote location within the

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the moon will block out 0.56% of the sun's diameter with the sun barely above the horizon. Gamma is equal to −1.5407, which is also farther from zero than any other solar eclipse in the century. The eclipse is not listed by some sources. There will not be a shallower partial eclipse until August 23, 2883.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one

synodic month In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive Syzygy (astronomy), syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month. Variations In Shona people, S ...

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2098

* A partial solar eclipse on April 1. * A total lunar eclipse on April 15. * A partial solar eclipse on September 25. * A total lunar eclipse on October 10. * A partial solar eclipse on October 24.

Solar Saros 164

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2116

Solar eclipses of 2094–2098

Saros 164

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 164, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series will start with a partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098. It contains total eclipses from June 1, 2459 through June 20, 3090; hybrid eclipses from July 1, 3108 through August 3, 3162; and annular eclipses from August 13, 3180 through September 4, 3216. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on March 10, 3523. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one

exeligmos An exeligmos () is a period of 54 years, 33 days that can be used to predict successive eclipses with similar properties and location. For a solar eclipse, after every exeligmos a solar eclipse of similar characteristics will occur in a location cl ...

apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth. The longest duration of totality was produced by member 26 at 6 minutes, 30 seconds on July 25, 2549, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 63 at 1 minutes, 21 seconds on September 4, 3216. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s

of orbit.

Metonic series

Tritos series

References

External links

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2098Oct24P.GIF {{Solar eclipses Solar eclipse 2098 10 24 2098 10 24 2098 10 24