# Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17, 2047, with a magnitude of 0.8816. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This will be the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2047, with the others occurring on January 26, June 23, and July 22.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southern Chile, and southern Argentina.

## Images

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## 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.
December 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2047 December 16 at 21:54:51.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2047 December 16 at 23:39:29.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2047 December 16 at 23:43:45.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2047 December 16 at 23:50:12.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2047 December 17 at 01:45:38.8 UTC |
December 16, 2047 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.88166 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.85529 |
| Gamma | −1.06605 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 17h37m56.6s |
| Sun Declination | -23°20'10.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 17h38m13.1s |
| Moon Declination | -24°24'51.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'35.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'54.9" |
| ΔT | 82.9 s |

## Eclipse season

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 2047–January 2048 :
| December 16 Ascending node (new moon) | January 1 Descending node (full moon) |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 123 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 135 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2047

* A total lunar eclipse on January 12.
* A partial solar eclipse on January 26.
* A partial solar eclipse on June 23.
* A total lunar eclipse on July 7.
* A partial solar eclipse on July 22.
* A partial solar eclipse on December 16.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 22, 2056

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058

### Solar Saros 123

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 17, 2134

### Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

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.
The partial solar eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2047 to 2050 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 118 | June 23, 2047 Partial | 1.3766 | 123 | December 16, 2047 Partial | −1.0661 |
| 128 | June 11, 2048 Annular | 0.6468 | 133 | December 5, 2048 Total | −0.3973 |
| 138 | May 31, 2049 Annular | −0.1187 | 143 | November 25, 2049 Hybrid | 0.2943 |
| 148 | May 20, 2050 Hybrid | −0.8688 | 153 | November 14, 2050 Partial | 1.0447 |

### Saros 123

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651; hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705; and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. 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 annularity was produced by member 19 at 8 minutes, 7 seconds on November 9, 1398, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 42 at 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 42–63 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
| July 27, 1813 | August 7, 1831 | August 18, 1849 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
| August 29, 1867 | September 8, 1885 | September 21, 1903 |
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
| October 1, 1921 | October 12, 1939 | October 23, 1957 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
| November 3, 1975 | November 13, 1993 | November 25, 2011 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
| December 5, 2029 | December 16, 2047 | December 27, 2065 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
| January 7, 2084 | January 19, 2102 | January 30, 2120 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 |
| February 9, 2138 | February 21, 2156 | March 3, 2174 |
| 63 |
| March 13, 2192 |

### Metonic series

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 ascending node.
21 eclipse events between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112 :
| July 23–24 | May 11 | February 27–28 | December 16–17 | October 4–5 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| July 23, 2036 | May 11, 2040 | February 28, 2044 | December 16, 2047 | October 4, 2051 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| July 24, 2055 | May 11, 2059 | February 28, 2063 | December 17, 2066 | October 4, 2070 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| July 24, 2074 | May 11, 2078 | February 27, 2082 | December 16, 2085 | October 4, 2089 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| July 23, 2093 | May 11, 2097 | February 28, 2101 | December 17, 2104 | October 5, 2108 |
| 157 |
| July 23, 2112 |

### Tritos series

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.
The partial solar eclipses on March 27, 1884 (part of Saros 108) and December 24, 1916 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 1971 and 2200 :
| July 22, 1971 (Saros 116) | June 21, 1982 (Saros 117) | May 21, 1993 (Saros 118) | April 19, 2004 (Saros 119) | March 20, 2015 (Saros 120) |
| February 17, 2026 (Saros 121) | January 16, 2037 (Saros 122) | December 16, 2047 (Saros 123) | November 16, 2058 (Saros 124) | October 15, 2069 (Saros 125) |
| September 13, 2080 (Saros 126) | August 15, 2091 (Saros 127) | July 15, 2102 (Saros 128) | June 13, 2113 (Saros 129) | May 14, 2124 (Saros 130) |
| April 13, 2135 (Saros 131) | March 12, 2146 (Saros 132) | February 9, 2157 (Saros 133) | January 10, 2168 (Saros 134) | December 9, 2178 (Saros 135) |
| November 8, 2189 (Saros 136) | October 9, 2200 (Saros 137) |

### Inex series

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 :
| May 27, 1816 (Saros 115) | May 6, 1845 (Saros 116) | April 16, 1874 (Saros 117) |
| March 29, 1903 (Saros 118) | March 7, 1932 (Saros 119) | February 15, 1961 (Saros 120) |
| January 26, 1990 (Saros 121) | January 6, 2019 (Saros 122) | December 16, 2047 (Saros 123) |
| November 26, 2076 (Saros 124) | November 6, 2105 (Saros 125) | October 17, 2134 (Saros 126) |
| September 28, 2163 (Saros 127) | September 6, 2192 (Saros 128) | |