Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

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Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
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Greatest eclipse15:03:58
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A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, December 5, 2029. 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.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2029–2032

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2029 to 2032
Descending node   Ascending node
118 June 12, 2029

Partial
123 December 5, 2029

Partial
128 June 1, 2030

Annular
133 November 25, 2030

Total
138 May 21, 2031

Annular
143 November 14, 2031

Hybrid
148 May 9, 2032

Annular
153 November 3, 2032

Partial

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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