A partial

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 mo ...

will occur at the Moon's

ascending node An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes. Planes of reference Common planes of refere ...

of orbit on Wednesday, September 2, 2054, with a

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of 0.9793. A

occurs when the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width ...

passes between

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surf ...

and the

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared rad ...

, 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 is the last of first set of partial eclipses of

Solar Saros 155 Saros cycle series 155 for 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 ec ...

. The next event is the Total Solar Eclipse on September 12, 2072, which is the first of 56 umbral eclipses, starting in 2072 and ending in 3064. The total duration is almost one millennium, exactly 992 years.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2054

* A total lunar eclipse on February 22, 2054. * A partial solar eclipse on March 9, 2054. * A partial solar eclipse on August 3, 2054. * A total lunar eclipse on August 18, 2054. * A partial solar eclipse on September 2, 2054.

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* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of November 14, 2050 A partial solar eclipse will occur on Monday, November 14, 2050. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, hea ...

* Followed by:

Solar eclipse of June 21, 2058 A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21, 2058, with a magnitude of 0.126. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or ...

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* Preceded by:

Saros 155

Metonic series

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