A total

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

will occur on Monday, September 12, 2072. A

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. This is the first of 55 central eclipses of

Solar Saros 155 Saros cycle series 155 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days. Saros 155 contains 71 events in which of 15 will be partial solar eclipses and other 56 are umbral. There are 60 solar eclipses befor ...

. The first will be in 2072 and the last will be in 3046. This is the first of 56 umbral eclipses of

. The first will be in 2072 and the last will be in 3064. The total phase of eclipse will be only in Siberia in Russia. Large cities, in which the total phase will be seen, include Yakutsk, Neryungri, Mirny in

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

and Khatanga in Krasnoyarsk Krai (also Norilsk will have 98% sun obscuration). As a partial, the eclipse will be seen mostly in Europe (except for south of Europe), mostly in Asia and on the east of Greenland.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2069–2072

Saros 155 series

Metonic series

Notes

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