Solar eclipse of November 15, 2096


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, November 14 and Thursday, November 15, 2096, with a magnitude of 0.9237. 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 1.2 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and New Zealand. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, 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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2096 November 14 at 21:30:31.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2096 November 14 at 22:36:23.1 UTC
First Central Line2096 November 14 at 22:39:40.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2096 November 14 at 22:42:57.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2096 November 14 at 23:51:31.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2096 November 15 at 00:36:14.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2096 November 15 at 00:38:40.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2096 November 15 at 00:45:04.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2096 November 15 at 00:52:33.0 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2096 November 15 at 01:20:44.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2096 November 15 at 02:29:25.5 UTC
Last Central Line2096 November 15 at 02:32:43.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2096 November 15 at 02:36:02.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2096 November 15 at 03:41:56.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92371
Eclipse Obscuration0.85323
Gamma−0.20182
Sun Right Ascension15h25m10.4s
Sun Declination-18°40'58.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'10.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h24m54.6s
Moon Declination-18°51'10.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'42.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'00.1"
ΔT120.5 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.
October 31
Ascending node
November 15
Descending node
November 29
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 118		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 144		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2096

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 144

Inex

Triad