Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, February 16, 2045, with a magnitude of 0.9285. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.8 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Kiribati. A partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Australia, Antarctica, Oceania, Hawaii, and southwestern North America.

Images

Animated path

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2045 February 16 at 20:54:17.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2045 February 16 at 22:00:55.6 UTC
First Central Line2045 February 16 at 22:04:06.6 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2045 February 16 at 22:07:18.0 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2045 February 16 at 23:22:03.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2045 February 16 at 23:38:01.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2045 February 16 at 23:38:37.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2045 February 16 at 23:52:22.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2045 February 16 at 23:56:06.6 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2045 February 17 at 00:30:36.9 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2045 February 17 at 01:45:08.0 UTC
Last Central Line2045 February 17 at 01:48:17.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2045 February 17 at 01:51:26.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2045 February 17 at 02:57:59.4 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92847
Eclipse Obscuration0.86205
Gamma−0.31254
Sun Right Ascension22h03m27.1s
Sun Declination-11°55'04.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'11.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension22h03m57.6s
Moon Declination-12°10'17.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'48.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'22.2"
ΔT81.3 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.
February 16
Ascending node
March 3
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2045

An annular solar eclipse on February 16.

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 131

Inex

Triad