Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
Introduction A total solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, August 2, 2046.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 greater than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 2044–2047====== Saros 146 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541.It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938, through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172, through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244, through August 10, 2659.The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893.The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200:212223150pxMay 7, 1902150pxMay 18, 1920150pxMay 29, 1938242526150pxJune 8, 1956150pxJune 20, 1974150pxJune 30, 1992272829150pxJuly 11, 2010150pxJuly 22, 2028150pxAugust 2, 2046303132150pxAugust 12, 2064150pxAugust 24, 2082150pxSeptember 4, 2100333435150pxSeptember 15, 2118150pxSeptember 26, 2136150pxOctober 7, 21543637150pxOctober 17, 2172150pxOctober 29, 2190===Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxNovember 11, 1901(Saros 141)150pxOctober 21, 1930(Saros 142)150pxOctober 2, 1959(Saros 143)150pxSeptember 11, 1988(Saros 144)150pxAugust 21, 2017(Saros 145)150pxAugust 2, 2046(Saros 146)150pxJuly 13, 2075(Saros 147)=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxSeptember 9, 1904(Saros 133)150pxAugust 10, 1915(Saros 134)150pxJuly 9, 1926(Saros 135)150pxJune 8, 1937(Saros 136)150pxMay 9, 1948(Saros 137)150pxApril 8, 1959(Saros 138)150pxMarch 7, 1970(Saros 139)150pxFebruary 4, 1981(Saros 140)150pxJanuary 4, 1992(Saros 141)150pxDecember 4, 2002(Saros 142)150pxNovember 3, 2013(Saros 143)150pxOctober 2, 2024(Saros 144)150pxSeptember 2, 2035(Saros 145)150pxAugust 2, 2046(Saros 146)150pxJuly 1, 2057(Saros 147)150pxMay 31, 2068(Saros 148)150pxMay 1, 2079(Saros 149)150pxMarch 31, 2090(Saros 150)=== Metonic series===
References
External links * http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2046Aug02T.GIF