Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079

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An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 24, 2079,{{cite web|title=October 24, 2079 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2079-october-24|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=22 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.9484. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5.25 days before apogee (on October 29, 2079, at 23:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2079&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=22 August 2024}}

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of New Zealand and Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Oceania, Antarctica, and southern South America.

Eclipse details

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.{{cite web|title=Annular Solar Eclipse of 2079 Oct 24|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2079Oct24Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=22 August 2024}}

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|+October 24, 2079 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 15:46:43.1 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 17:23:08.2 UTC

First Central Line

| 2079 October 24 at 17:27:57.3 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 17:33:17.9 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2079 October 24 at 18:11:21.4 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2079 October 24 at 18:17:56.4 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2079 October 24 at 18:21:55.5 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 18:48:49.3 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2079 October 24 at 18:54:13.2 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 18:59:05.8 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2079 October 24 at 19:03:01.0 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2079 October 24 at 20:35:44.7 UTC

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|+October 24, 2079 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.94843

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.89952

Gamma

| −0.92426

Sun Right Ascension

| 13h57m22.1s

Sun Declination

| -11°59'23.6"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'04.6"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 13h55m50.0s

Moon Declination

| -12°45'30.1"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'09.9"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'39.3"

ΔT

| 105.3 s

Eclipse season

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.

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|+ Eclipse season of October 2079

! October 10
Ascending node (full moon)
!! October 24
Descending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 128

Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 154