Solar eclipse of August 3, 2054
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, August 3, 2054, with a magnitude of 0.0655. 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 a very small part of Antarctica. This event will be the 71st and final event in Solar Saros 117.
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.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2054 August 03 at 17:30:57.7 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2054 August 03 at 17:49:29.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2054 August 03 at 18:04:02.1 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2054 August 03 at 18:32:59.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2054 August 03 at 18:36:52.3 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.06558 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.02025 |
| Gamma | −1.49414 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 08h56m24.5s |
| Sun Declination | +17°17'09.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'45.7" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 08h55m14.2s |
| Moon Declination | +15°47'22.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'41.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'16.5" |
| ΔT | 86.9 s |
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.| August 3 Ascending node | August 18 Descending node | September 2 Ascending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 117 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 129 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 155 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2054
- A total lunar eclipse on February 22.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 9.A partial solar eclipse on August 3.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 18.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 2.
Metonic
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
Tritos
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2065
Solar Saros 117
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2036
Inex
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2083
Triad
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 4, 2141