A hybrid eclipse of the Sun occurs on Saturday 17 October, 2172 UT, with maximum eclipse at 15:55 UT. The Sun will be darkened for 1 minute and 34 seconds by a dramatic hybrid eclipse covering a narrow path at most 60 km wide. This will be a sight worth seeing.
The hybrid eclipse lasts for 1 minute and 34 seconds.
Maximum eclipse is at 15:55:18 UT.
During this eclipse the Sun will be 0.535° in apparent
diameter, 0.3% larger than average. The Moon will be just 3 days before perigee, making it relatively large.
At the start and end of the eclipse, the Moon will be
0.534°, which is smaller than the Sun;
hence the eclipse will be annular at that point.
However, at maximum eclipse the Moon will be
0.544° in apparent diameter, which is
2.4% larger than average, large enough to cover the Sun; and so a
total eclipse will be seen at that point. Thus
this is a hybrid eclipse.
The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of
the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
Overview Map
This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
shows the visibility of the hybrid solar eclipse. It also shows the broader area in which a partial eclipse will be seen. (Click on it for the
full-sized version.)
Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:
This is the 36th eclipse in solar Saros series 146.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, solar Saros series 146,
is linked to lunar Saros series 139. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 15:55:18 on 17 Oct UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 16:01:36 on 17 Oct TDT |
| Saros Series | 146 |
Number in Series | 36 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | |
Central Magnitiude | 1.0174 |
| Gamma | -0.1484 |
Path Width (km) | 60 |
| Delta T | 6m18s |
Error | ± 3m41s (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | |
Partial Duration | |
| Total Duration | 1m34s |
| |
| Partial Rating | |
Total Rating | |
| Sun Distance | 149166699 km (42.8%) |
Moon Distance | 372125 km (31.3%) |
| Sun Diameter | 0.535° |
Moon Diameter | 0.534° - 0.544° |
| Apogee | 23:39 on 8 Oct UT |
Perigee | 20:31 on 20 Oct UT |
Note that while all dates and times on this site (except
where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time,
the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
are in the TDT timescale.
The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a
percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0%
is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the
Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is
the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee).
The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes
of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:47 UTC.
