Solar eclipse of December 6, 2086

A partial solar eclipse will occur on December 6, 2086. 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 December 6, 2086
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0194
Magnitude0.9271
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates67.4°N 96.2°E / 67.4; 96.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:38:55
References
Saros153 (13 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9702

The antumbral (annular) shadow of the moon will pass just above the north pole of the earth.

Solar eclipses 2083–2087

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.[1]

Metonic series

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 ascending node.

References
  1. 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.
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