Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, February 6 and Tuesday, February 7, 2073, with a magnitude of 0.6768. 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 East Asia, Northeast Asia, and western Alaska.
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 | 2073 February 06 at 23:52:47.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2073 February 07 at 01:42:33.9 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2073 February 07 at 01:55:59.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2073 February 07 at 02:26:11.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2073 February 07 at 03:59:00.8 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.67685 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.57838 |
| Gamma | 1.16506 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h25m15.3s |
| Sun Declination | -15°09'16.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'13.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h24m18.6s |
| Moon Declination | -14°07'10.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'54.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'44.3" |
| ΔT | 99.9 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.| February 7 Descending node | February 22 Ascending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 122 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 134 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2073
A partial solar eclipse on February 7.- A total lunar eclipse on February 22.
- Solar eclipse of [August 3, 2073|A total solar eclipse on August 3].
- A total lunar eclipse on August 17.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of [April 21, 2069]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of [November 26, 2076]
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of [December 27, 2065]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of [March 21, 2080]
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 13, 2082
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of [March 11, 2062]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of [January 7, 2084]
Solar Saros 122
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of [January 27, 2055]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of [February 28, 2044]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2102
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 9, 2159