Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

Future partial solar eclipse

67°30′S 135°42′E / 67.5°S 135.7°E / -67.5; 135.7Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse15:03:58ReferencesSaros123 (54 of 70)Catalog # (SE5000)9574

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 5, 2029, with a magnitude of 0.8911. 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.

This will be the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2029, with the others occurring on January 14, 2029, June 12, 2029, and July 11, 2029.

It also follows a total lunar eclipse occurring on June 26, 2029 and precedes a total lunar eclipse occurring on and December 20, 2029.

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Eclipses in 2029

A partial solar eclipse on January 14, 2029.
A partial solar eclipse on June 12, 2029.
A total lunar eclipse on June 26, 2029.
A partial solar eclipse on July 11, 2029.
A partial solar eclipse on December 5, 2029.
A total lunar eclipse on December 20, 2029.

Triad

Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 6, 2116

Solar eclipses of 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
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
118	June 12, 2029 Partial	1.29431	123	December 5, 2029 Partial	-1.06090
128	June 1, 2030 Annular	0.56265	133	November 25, 2030 Total	-0.38669
138	May 21, 2031 Annular	-0.19699	143	November 14, 2031 Hybrid	0.30776
148	May 9, 2032 Annular	-0.93748	153	November 3, 2032 Partial	1.06431

Saros 123

It is a part of Saros cycle 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651, hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705, and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813.

Series members 47–63 occur between 1900 and 2200:
47	48	49
September 21, 1903	October 1, 1921	October 12, 1939
50	51	52
October 23, 1957	November 3, 1975	November 13, 1993
53	54	55
November 25, 2011	December 5, 2029	December 16, 2047
56	57	58
December 27, 2065	January 7, 2084	January 19, 2102
59	60	61
January 30, 2120	February 9, 2138	February 21, 2156
62	63
March 3, 2174	March 13, 2192

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.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13	April 30-May 1	February 16–17	December 5–6	September 22–23
117	119	121	123	125
July 13, 2018	April 30, 2022	February 17, 2026	December 5, 2029	September 23, 2033
127	129	131	133	135
July 13, 2037	April 30, 2041	February 16, 2045	December 5, 2048	September 22, 2052
137	139	141	143	145
July 12, 2056	April 30, 2060	February 17, 2064	December 6, 2067	September 23, 2071
147	149	151	153	155
July 13, 2075	May 1, 2079	February 16, 2083	December 6, 2086	September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094

References

^ 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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External links

Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Google interactive map
- Besselian elements

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Saros series (list)	109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162
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Historical	Mursili's eclipse (1312 BC) Assyrian eclipse (763 BC) Eclipse of Thales (585 BC) Muhammad's eclipse (632 AD)