# Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, December 5, 2048, with a magnitude of 1.044. 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. Occurring about 16.5 hours before perigee (on December 6, 2048, at 8:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, Namibia, and Botswana. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

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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 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2048 December 05 at 13:01:48.0 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2048 December 05 at 13:59:50.8 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2048 December 05 at 14:00:39.2 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2048 December 05 at 14:01:27.6 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2048 December 05 at 15:11:41.9 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2048 December 05 at 15:31:22.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2048 December 05 at 15:35:26.7 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2048 December 05 at 15:36:11.2 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2048 December 05 at 15:36:12.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2048 December 05 at 15:59:10.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2048 December 05 at 17:09:24.3 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2048 December 05 at 17:10:13.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2048 December 05 at 17:11:02.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2048 December 05 at 18:09:03.3 UTC |
December 5, 2048 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04400 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.08994 |
| Gamma | −0.39728 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 16h51m20.5s |
| Sun Declination | -22°29'40.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'13.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 16h51m18.6s |
| Moon Declination | -22°53'56.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'40.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'13.3" |
| ΔT | 83.5 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 2048 :
| December 5 Ascending node (new moon) | December 20 Descending node (full moon) |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 133 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 145 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2048

* A total lunar eclipse on January 1.
* An annular solar eclipse on June 11.
* A partial lunar eclipse on June 26.
* A total solar eclipse on December 5.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 20.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2039
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2057

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059

### Solar Saros 133

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 7, 2135

### 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 133

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
| July 17, 1814 | July 27, 1832 | August 7, 1850 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 |
| August 18, 1868 | August 29, 1886 | September 9, 1904 |
| 40 | 41 | 42 |
| September 21, 1922 | October 1, 1940 | October 12, 1958 |
| 43 | 44 | 45 |
| October 23, 1976 | November 3, 1994 | November 13, 2012 |
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
| November 25, 2030 | December 5, 2048 | December 17, 2066 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
| December 27, 2084 | January 8, 2103 | January 19, 2121 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
| January 30, 2139 | February 9, 2157 | February 21, 2175 |
| 55 |
| March 3, 2193 |

### 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 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094 :
| July 12–13 | April 30–May 1 | February 16–17 | December 5–6 | September 22–23 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| July 13, 2018 | April 30, 2022 | February 17, 2026 | December 5, 2029 | September 23, 2033 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| July 13, 2037 | April 30, 2041 | February 16, 2045 | December 5, 2048 | September 22, 2052 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| July 12, 2056 | April 30, 2060 | February 17, 2064 | December 6, 2067 | September 23, 2071 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| July 13, 2075 | May 1, 2079 | February 16, 2083 | December 6, 2086 | September 23, 2090 |
| 157 |
| July 12, 2094 |

### 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.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| October 19, 1808 (Saros 111) | September 19, 1819 (Saros 112) | August 18, 1830 (Saros 113) | July 18, 1841 (Saros 114) | June 17, 1852 (Saros 115) |
| May 17, 1863 (Saros 116) | April 16, 1874 (Saros 117) | March 16, 1885 (Saros 118) | February 13, 1896 (Saros 119) | January 14, 1907 (Saros 120) |
| December 14, 1917 (Saros 121) | November 12, 1928 (Saros 122) | October 12, 1939 (Saros 123) | September 12, 1950 (Saros 124) | August 11, 1961 (Saros 125) |
| July 10, 1972 (Saros 126) | June 11, 1983 (Saros 127) | May 10, 1994 (Saros 128) | April 8, 2005 (Saros 129) | March 9, 2016 (Saros 130) |
| February 6, 2027 (Saros 131) | January 5, 2038 (Saros 132) | December 5, 2048 (Saros 133) | November 5, 2059 (Saros 134) | October 4, 2070 (Saros 135) |
| September 3, 2081 (Saros 136) | August 3, 2092 (Saros 137) | July 4, 2103 (Saros 138) | June 3, 2114 (Saros 139) | May 3, 2125 (Saros 140) |
| April 1, 2136 (Saros 141) | March 2, 2147 (Saros 142) | January 30, 2158 (Saros 143) | December 29, 2168 (Saros 144) | November 28, 2179 (Saros 145) |
| October 29, 2190 (Saros 146) |

### 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 16, 1817 (Saros 125) | April 25, 1846 (Saros 126) | April 6, 1875 (Saros 127) |
| March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) | February 24, 1933 (Saros 129) | February 5, 1962 (Saros 130) |
| January 15, 1991 (Saros 131) | December 26, 2019 (Saros 132) | December 5, 2048 (Saros 133) |
| November 15, 2077 (Saros 134) | October 26, 2106 (Saros 135) | October 7, 2135 (Saros 136) |
| September 16, 2164 (Saros 137) | August 26, 2193 (Saros 138) | |