Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

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| previous = Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051

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A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, October 4 and Thursday, October 5, 2051,{{cite web|title=October 4, 2051 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2051-october-4|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=15 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.6024. 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.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

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=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2051 Oct 04|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2051Oct04Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=15 August 2024}}

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|+October 4, 2051 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2051 October 4 at 19:03:47.6 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2051 October 4 at 20:48:07.0 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2051 October 4 at 21:02:14.5 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2051 October 4 at 21:47:07.0 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2051 October 4 at 23:00:22.7 UTC

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|+October 4, 2051 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.60242

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.49381

Gamma

| −1.20938

Sun Right Ascension

| 12h42m39.3s

Sun Declination

| -04°35'05.4"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'59.2"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 12h41m20.9s

Moon Declination

| -05°37'21.2"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'44.4"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°54'05.8"

ΔT

| 85.1 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 2051

! October 4
Ascending node (new moon)
!! October 19
Descending node (full moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 125

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 137