Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, November 15, 2077, with a magnitude of 0.9371. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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 4 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Oregon, southwestern Washington, northeastern California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas in the United States, the northeastern Yucatán Peninsula, the western tip of Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana, southern Suriname, and extreme southern French Guiana. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and West Africa.

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 Contact2077 November 15 at 14:13:10.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2077 November 15 at 15:22:03.8 UTC
First Central Line2077 November 15 at 15:25:03.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2077 November 15 at 15:28:03.6 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2077 November 15 at 16:47:52.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2077 November 15 at 17:02:23.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2077 November 15 at 17:07:56.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2077 November 15 at 17:21:02.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2077 November 15 at 18:48:03.6 UTC
Last Central Line2077 November 15 at 18:51:01.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2077 November 15 at 18:53:58.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2077 November 15 at 20:02:45.4 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93707
Eclipse Obscuration0.87810
Gamma0.47047
Sun Right Ascension15h26m24.3s
Sun Declination-18°45'33.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'10.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h27m01.5s
Moon Declination-18°21'22.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'56.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'51.8"
ΔT103.7 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.
November 15
Descending node
November 29
Ascending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 134		Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 146

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2077

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 134

Inex

Triad