Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, January 5, 2057,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0287. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.6 days after perigee (on January 3, 2057, at 20:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.2837
Magnitude1.0287
Maximum eclipse
Duration149 s (2 min 29 s)
Coordinates39°12′S 35°12′E / 39.2°S 35.2°E / -39.2; 35.2
Max. width of band102 km (63 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:47:52
References
Saros142 (25 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9634

This eclipse and May 20, 2050 are the next two total solar eclipses in which the Moon's shadow will trace a path that fails to hit land anywhere on Earth. Totality will begin 125 miles east of Belmonte in Brazil, then traverse southeast through the Atlantic Ocean where it will miss the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa by 250 miles, before winding northeast and concluding in the Indian Ocean 500 miles south of Java island. However, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern South America, Southern Africa, Antarctica, Southeast Asia, and western Australia.

Eclipse details

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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.[3]

January 5, 2057 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2057 January 05 at 07:08:52.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2057 January 05 at 08:06:59.9 UTC
First Central Line 2057 January 05 at 08:07:21.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2057 January 05 at 08:07:42.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2057 January 05 at 09:10:27.5 UTC
Greatest Duration 2057 January 05 at 09:46:16.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2057 January 05 at 09:47:23.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2057 January 05 at 09:47:52.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2057 January 05 at 09:50:49.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2057 January 05 at 10:25:16.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2057 January 05 at 11:28:04.0 UTC
Last Central Line 2057 January 05 at 11:28:23.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2057 January 05 at 11:28:43.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2057 January 05 at 12:26:55.7 UTC
January 5, 2057 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.02873
Eclipse Obscuration 1.05829
Gamma −0.28370
Sun Right Ascension 19h07m25.3s
Sun Declination -22°31'37.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 19h07m26.6s
Moon Declination -22°48'43.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'27.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'25.4"
ΔT 88.4 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

Eclipse season of December 2056–January 2057
December 22
Ascending node (full moon)
January 5
Descending node (new moon)
   
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 116
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 142
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Eclipses in 2057

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 142

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2054–2058

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on March 9, 2054 and September 2, 2054 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 22, 2058 and November 16, 2058 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2054 to 2058
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 August 3, 2054
 
Partial
−1.4941 122 January 27, 2055
 
Partial
1.155
127 July 24, 2055
 
Total
−0.8012 132 January 16, 2056
 
Annular
0.4199
137 July 12, 2056
 
Annular
−0.0426 142 January 5, 2057
 
Total
−0.2837
147 July 1, 2057
 
Annular
0.7455 152 December 26, 2057
 
Total
−0.9405
157 June 21, 2058
 
Partial
1.4869

Saros 142

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains a hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 38 at 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 11–32 occur between 1801 and 2200:
11 12 13
 
August 5, 1804
 
August 16, 1822
 
August 27, 1840
14 15 16
 
September 7, 1858
 
September 17, 1876
 
September 29, 1894
17 18 19
 
October 10, 1912
 
October 21, 1930
 
November 1, 1948
20 21 22
 
November 12, 1966
 
November 22, 1984
 
December 4, 2002
23 24 25
 
December 14, 2020
 
December 26, 2038
 
January 5, 2057
26 27 28
 
January 16, 2075
 
January 27, 2093
 
February 8, 2111
29 30 31
 
February 18, 2129
 
March 2, 2147
 
March 12, 2165
32
 
March 23, 2183

Metonic series

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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1 March 19–20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 120 122 124 126
 
June 1, 2011
 
March 20, 2015
 
January 6, 2019
 
October 25, 2022
 
August 12, 2026
128 130 132 134 136
 
June 1, 2030
 
March 20, 2034
 
January 5, 2038
 
October 25, 2041
 
August 12, 2045
138 140 142 144 146
 
May 31, 2049
 
March 20, 2053
 
January 5, 2057
 
October 24, 2060
 
August 12, 2064
148 150 152 154 156
 
May 31, 2068
 
March 19, 2072
 
January 6, 2076
 
October 24, 2079
 
August 13, 2083
158 160 162 164
 
June 1, 2087
 
October 24, 2098

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
December 21, 1805
(Saros 119)
 
November 19, 1816
(Saros 120)
 
October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)
 
September 18, 1838
(Saros 122)
 
August 18, 1849
(Saros 123)
 
July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)
 
June 18, 1871
(Saros 125)
 
May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)
 
April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)
 
March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)
 
February 14, 1915
(Saros 129)
 
January 14, 1926
(Saros 130)
 
December 13, 1936
(Saros 131)
 
November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)
 
October 12, 1958
(Saros 133)
 
September 11, 1969
(Saros 134)
 
August 10, 1980
(Saros 135)
 
July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)
 
June 10, 2002
(Saros 137)
 
May 10, 2013
(Saros 138)
 
April 8, 2024
(Saros 139)
 
March 9, 2035
(Saros 140)
 
February 5, 2046
(Saros 141)
 
January 5, 2057
(Saros 142)
 
December 6, 2067
(Saros 143)
 
November 4, 2078
(Saros 144)
 
October 4, 2089
(Saros 145)
 
September 4, 2100
(Saros 146)
 
August 4, 2111
(Saros 147)
 
July 4, 2122
(Saros 148)
 
June 3, 2133
(Saros 149)
 
May 3, 2144
(Saros 150)
 
April 2, 2155
(Saros 151)
 
March 2, 2166
(Saros 152)
 
January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)
 
December 29, 2187
(Saros 154)
 
November 28, 2198
(Saros 155)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
June 16, 1825
(Saros 134)
 
May 26, 1854
(Saros 135)
 
May 6, 1883
(Saros 136)
 
April 17, 1912
(Saros 137)
 
March 27, 1941
(Saros 138)
 
March 7, 1970
(Saros 139)
 
February 16, 1999
(Saros 140)
 
January 26, 2028
(Saros 141)
 
January 5, 2057
(Saros 142)
 
December 16, 2085
(Saros 143)
 
November 27, 2114
(Saros 144)
 
November 7, 2143
(Saros 145)
 
October 17, 2172
(Saros 146)

References

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  1. ^ "January 5, 2057 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2057 Jan 05". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 142". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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