Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078


An annular solar eclipse will occur on Friday, November 4, 2078. 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. The path of annularity will cross Pacific Ocean, South America, and Atlantic Ocean. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Annular Solar Eclipse of 4 November 2078.
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.92551
Eclipse Obscuration = 0.85657
Gamma = -0.22852
Greatest Eclipse = 04 Nov 2078 16:53:57.5 UTC
Delta T = 1 minute, 46.9 seconds
Annularity Duration at Greatest Eclipse = 8 minutes, 29 seconds, 80 milliseconds
Annularity Duration at Greatest Duration = 8 minutes, 31 seconds, 940 milliseconds
Path Width at Greatest Eclipse = 287.5 km
Path Width at Greatest Duration = 286.0 km
Moon diameter = 1764.8 arcseconds
Sun diameter = 1935.0 arcseconds
Moon declination = 15 degrees, 49 minutes, 24.5 seconds south of the Celestial equator
Sun declination = 15 degrees, 38 minutes, 7.6 seconds south of the Celestial equator
Moon right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 33.5 seconds
Sun right ascension = 14 hours, 40 minutes, 53.9 seconds

[Eclipse season]

This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 21 October 2078 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Third eclipse this season: 19 November 2078 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2076–2079

Saros 144

It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.

Tritos series

Metonic cycle