Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, February 6 and Tuesday, February 7, 2073,[1] with a magnitude of 0.6768. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1651
Magnitude0.6768
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70°30′N 114°54′E / 70.5°N 114.9°E / 70.5; 114.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:55:59
References
Saros122 (61 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9671

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of East Asia, Northeast Asia, and western Alaska.

Eclipse details

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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.[2]

February 7, 2073 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2073 February 06 at 23:52:47.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2073 February 07 at 01:42:33.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2073 February 07 at 01:55:59.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2073 February 07 at 02:26:11.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2073 February 07 at 03:59:00.8 UTC
February 7, 2073 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.67685
Eclipse Obscuration 0.57838
Gamma 1.16506
Sun Right Ascension 21h25m15.3s
Sun Declination -15°09'16.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 21h24m18.6s
Moon Declination -14°07'10.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'54.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'44.3"
ΔT 99.9 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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 fortnight.

Eclipse season of February 2073
February 7
Descending node (new moon)
February 22
Ascending node (full moon)
 
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 122
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 134
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Eclipses in 2073

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 122

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2073–2076

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[3]

The partial solar eclipses on June 1, 2076 and November 26, 2076 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2073 to 2076
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
122 February 7, 2073
 
Partial
1.1651 127 August 3, 2073
 
Total
−0.8763
132 January 27, 2074
 
Annular
0.4251 137 July 24, 2074
 
Annular
−0.1242
142 January 16, 2075
 
Total
−0.2799 147 July 13, 2075
 
Annular
0.6583
152 January 6, 2076
 
Total
−0.9373 157 July 1, 2076
 
Partial
1.4005

Saros 122

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 122, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 12, 1135 through August 3, 1171; hybrid eclipses on August 13, 1189 and August 25, 1207; and annular eclipses from September 4, 1225 through October 10, 1874. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 17, 2235. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 9 at 1 minutes, 25 seconds on July 12, 1135, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 6 minutes, 28 seconds on October 10, 1874. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 46–68 occur between 1801 and 2200:
46 47 48
 
August 28, 1802
 
September 7, 1820
 
September 18, 1838
49 50 51
 
September 29, 1856
 
October 10, 1874
 
October 20, 1892
52 53 54
 
November 2, 1910
 
November 12, 1928
 
November 23, 1946
55 56 57
 
December 4, 1964
 
December 15, 1982
 
December 25, 2000
58 59 60
 
January 6, 2019
 
January 16, 2037
 
January 27, 2055
61 62 63
 
February 7, 2073
 
February 18, 2091
 
March 1, 2109
64 65 66
 
March 13, 2127
 
March 23, 2145
 
April 3, 2163
67 68
 
April 14, 2181
 
April 25, 2199

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between July 3, 2065 and November 26, 2152
July 3–4 April 21–23 February 7–8 November 26–27 September 13–15
118 120 122 124 126
 
July 3, 2065
 
April 21, 2069
 
February 7, 2073
 
November 26, 2076
 
September 13, 2080
128 130 132 134 136
 
July 3, 2084
 
April 21, 2088
 
February 7, 2092
 
November 27, 2095
 
September 14, 2099
138 140 142 144 146
 
July 4, 2103
 
April 23, 2107
 
February 8, 2111
 
November 27, 2114
 
September 15, 2118
148 150 152 154 156
 
July 4, 2122
 
April 22, 2126
 
February 8, 2130
 
November 26, 2133
 
September 15, 2137
158 160 162 164
 
July 3, 2141
 
November 26, 2152

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 2018 and 2200
 
July 13, 2018
(Saros 117)
 
June 12, 2029
(Saros 118)
 
May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)
 
April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)
 
March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)
 
February 7, 2073
(Saros 122)
 
January 7, 2084
(Saros 123)
 
December 7, 2094
(Saros 124)
 
November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)
 
October 6, 2116
(Saros 126)
 
September 6, 2127
(Saros 127)
 
August 5, 2138
(Saros 128)
 
July 5, 2149
(Saros 129)
 
June 4, 2160
(Saros 130)
 
May 5, 2171
(Saros 131)
 
April 3, 2182
(Saros 132)
 
March 3, 2193
(Saros 133)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
August 7, 1812
(Saros 113)
 
July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)
 
June 28, 1870
(Saros 115)
 
June 8, 1899
(Saros 116)
 
May 19, 1928
(Saros 117)
 
April 30, 1957
(Saros 118)
 
April 9, 1986
(Saros 119)
 
March 20, 2015
(Saros 120)
 
February 28, 2044
(Saros 121)
 
February 7, 2073
(Saros 122)
 
January 19, 2102
(Saros 123)
 
December 30, 2130
(Saros 124)
 
December 9, 2159
(Saros 125)
 
November 18, 2188
(Saros 126)

References

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  1. ^ "February 6–7, 2073 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2073 Feb 07". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 122". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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