| Annular eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | 0.3765 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.9232 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 582 s (9 min 42 s) |
| Coordinates | 4°48′N171°24′W / 4.8°N 171.4°W /4.8; -171.4 |
| Max. width of band | 310 km (190 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 23:06:26 |
| References | |
| Saros | 141 (25 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9609 |
An annularsolar eclipse will occur at the Moon'sascending node of orbit between Monday, February 5 and Tuesday, February 6, 2046,[1] with amagnitude of 0.9232. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like anannulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.25 days beforeapogee (on February 8, 2046, at 5:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of easternIndonesia (specificallyWestern New Guinea),Papua New Guinea, theSolomon Islands,Kiribati,Hawaii, andCalifornia,Oregon,Nevada, andIdaho in theUnited States. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts ofIndonesia, thePhilippines,Japan,Australia,Oceania, and westernNorth America.
Animated path
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Start of annular eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of annular eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of annularity (min:s) | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indonesia | Jayapura[a] | 05:44:47 (sunrise) | 06:13:07 | 06:16:29 | 06:19:50 | 07:39:47 | 6:43 | 1:55 | 83.27% |
| Indonesia | Manokwari[a] | 06:13:15 (sunrise) | 06:13:17 | 06:17:16 | 06:18:47 | 07:33:01 | 5:30 | 1:20 | 82.96% |
 Papua New Guinea | Rabaul[a] | 06:05:37 | 07:20:52 | 07:23:50 | 07:26:48 | 08:59:38 | 5:56 | 2:54 | 83.85% |
| Papua New Guinea | Buka[a] | 07:05:38 | 08:21:58 | 08:25:49 | 08:29:43 | 10:04:18 | 7:45 | 2:59 | 83.99% |
| Papua New Guinea | Arawa[a] | 07:05:33 | 08:22:52 | 08:26:23 | 08:29:54 | 10:05:35 | 7:02 | 3:00 | 84.04% |
 United States Minor Outlying Islands | Baker Island | 08:45:16 | 10:35:16 | 10:39:59 | 10:44:42 | 12:40:02 | 9:26 | 3:55 | 85.32% |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | Howland Island | 08:46:00 | 10:36:10 | 10:40:58 | 10:45:45 | 12:41:07 | 9:35 | 3:55 | 85.31% |
 United States | Kailua-Kona | 12:20:24 | 14:08:20 | 14:11:16 | 14:14:12 | 15:47:19 | 5:52 | 3:27 | 84.85% |
| United States | Nāpili-Honokōwai | 12:21:23 | 14:07:54 | 14:12:02 | 14:16:09 | 15:48:04 | 8:15 | 3:27 | 84.82% |
| United States | Wailuku | 12:21:38 | 14:07:58 | 14:12:13 | 14:16:27 | 15:48:09 | 8:29 | 3:27 | 84.82% |
| United States | Gooding | 16:40:40 | 17:52:38 | 17:53:03 | 17:57:22 | 17:57:22 (sunset) | 4:44 | 1:17 | 82.87% |
| United States | Medford | 15:35:02 | 16:50:57 | 16:53:48 | 16:56:40 | 17:31:18 (sunset) | 5:43 | 1:56 | 83.12% |
| United States | Eureka | 15:34:08 | 16:50:26 | 16:53:55 | 16:57:23 | 17:39:29 (sunset) | 6:57 | 2:05 | 83.19% |
| United States | Arcata | 15:34:12 | 16:50:26 | 16:53:55 | 16:57:24 | 17:39:02 (sunset) | 6:58 | 2:05 | 83.19% |
| United States | Yreka | 15:35:20 | 16:50:42 | 16:54:07 | 16:57:31 | 17:31:33 (sunset) | 6:49 | 1:56 | 83.13% |
| United States | Hayfork | 15:35:03 | 16:51:09 | 16:54:20 | 16:57:32 | 17:36:02 (sunset) | 6:23 | 2:01 | 83.17% |
| United States | Fort Bragg | 15:34:39 | 16:52:57 | 16:54:25 | 16:55:56 | 17:40:36 (sunset) | 2:59 | 2:06 | 83.21% |
| United States | Ontario | 16:38:51 | 17:51:24 | 17:54:28 | 17:57:32 | 18:04:05 (sunset) | 6:08 | 1:25 | 82.91% |
| United States | Redding | 15:35:44 | 16:51:40 | 16:54:35 | 16:57:30 | 17:32:48 (sunset) | 5:50 | 1:57 | 83.14% |
| United States | Cottonwood | 15:35:52 | 16:52:09 | 16:54:41 | 16:57:14 | 17:32:44 (sunset) | 5:05 | 1:57 | 83.14% |
| United States | Burney | 15:36:18 | 16:51:46 | 16:54:43 | 16:57:40 | 17:29:19 (sunset) | 5:54 | 1:53 | 83.11% |
| United States | Nampa | 16:39:16 | 17:51:24 | 17:54:46 | 17:58:07 | 18:03:26 (sunset) | 6:43 | 1:24 | 82.90% |
| United States | Boise | 16:39:28 | 17:51:26 | 17:54:48 | 17:58:10 | 18:01:55 (sunset) | 6:44 | 1:22 | 82.89% |
| United States | Susanville | 15:37:16 | 16:54:35 | 16:55:09 | 16:55:46 | 17:26:10 (sunset) | 1:11 | 1:49 | 83.08% |
| References:[1] | |||||||||
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Darwin[a] | 06:42:48 (sunrise) | 06:45:07 | 07:50:20 | 1:08 | 50.94% | |||
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby[a] | 06:10:57 (sunrise) | 07:16:55 | 08:44:00 | 2:33 | 73.95% | |||
| Australia | Brisbane[a] | 06:21:52 | 07:19:33 | 08:24:15 | 2:02 | 20.84% | |||
 Palau | Ngerulmud[a] | 06:20:25 (sunrise) | 06:22:42 | 07:38:31 | 1:18 | 62.82% | |||
 Solomon Islands | Honiara[a] | 07:06:23 | 08:30:08 | 10:12:27 | 3:06 | 79.06% | |||
 New Caledonia | Nouméa[a] | 07:16:55 | 08:32:59 | 10:00:45 | 2:44 | 37.45% | |||
 Guam | Hagåtña[a] | 06:46:47 (sunrise) | 07:33:54 | 08:54:59 | 2:08 | 39.59% | |||
| Indonesia | Ambon[a] | 06:33:36 (sunrise) | 06:35:53 | 07:26:09 | 0:53 | 52.55% | |||
 Vanuatu | Port Vila[a] | 07:13:48 | 08:37:51 | 10:16:30 | 3:03 | 51.44% | |||
 Timor-Leste | Dili[a] | 06:38:27 (sunrise) | 06:40:45 | 07:20:27 | 0:42 | 35.87% | |||
 Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir[a] | 07:21:15 | 08:44:02 | 10:26:11 | 3:05 | 52.71% | |||
| Indonesia | Ternate[a] | 06:41:49 (sunrise) | 06:44:59 | 07:28:51 | 0:47 | 44.34% | |||
 Nauru | Yaren[a] | 08:17:49 | 09:52:20 | 11:47:36 | 3:30 | 75.70% | |||
 Fiji | Suva[a] | 08:26:03 | 09:56:02 | 11:37:00 | 3:11 | 44.36% | |||
 Tonga | Nuku'alofa[a] | 09:40:42 | 11:05:20 | 12:36:18 | 2:56 | 29.31% | |||
 Tuvalu | Funafuti[a] | 08:26:59 | 10:10:52 | 12:07:18 | 3:40 | 72.76% | |||
 Kiribati | Tarawa[a] | 08:28:17 | 10:11:25 | 12:11:46 | 3:43 | 74.35% | |||
 Wallis and Futuna | Mata Utu[a] | 08:34:13 | 10:14:19 | 12:02:44 | 3:29 | 52.52% | |||
 Marshall Islands | Majuro[a] | 08:36:39 | 10:17:31 | 12:14:56 | 3:38 | 57.68% | |||
 Samoa | Apia[a] | 09:44:14 | 11:23:40 | 13:07:44 | 3:24 | 44.30% | |||
 American Samoa | Pago Pago | 09:47:00 | 11:25:19 | 13:07:29 | 3:20 | 41.36% | |||
 Tokelau | Fakaofo[a] | 09:46:49 | 11:33:37 | 13:23:36 | 3:37 | 55.29% | |||
| Kiribati | Kiritimati[a] | 11:43:22 | 13:32:57 | 15:11:31 | 3:28 | 50.29% | |||
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | Midway Atoll | 10:59:12 | 12:36:42 | 14:10:14 | 3:11 | 31.92% | |||
| United States | Honolulu | 12:19:14 | 14:10:25 | 15:47:10 | 3:28 | 84.81% | |||
 Canada | Calgary | 16:37:45 | 17:31:16 | 17:35:06 (sunset) | 0:57 | 54.17% | |||
| Canada | Vancouver | 15:33:56 | 16:49:48 | 17:16:13 (sunset) | 1:42 | 66.80% | |||
| United States | Los Angeles | 15:41:43 | 16:57:02 | 17:27:40 (sunset) | 1:46 | 62.88% | |||
 Mexico | Tijuana | 15:43:45 | 16:57:23 | 17:25:12 (sunset) | 1:41 | 56.88% | |||
| Mexico | Hermosillo | 16:52:23 | 17:58:25 | 18:06:01 (sunset) | 1:14 | 40.59% | |||
| References:[1] | |||||||||
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2046 February 5 at 20:05:17.8 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2046 February 5 at 21:13:07.7 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2046 February 5 at 21:16:34.4 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2046 February 5 at 21:20:02.1 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2046 February 5 at 22:42:57.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2046 February 5 at 22:50:22.5 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2046 February 5 at 23:06:26.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2046 February 5 at 23:10:57.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2046 February 5 at 23:25:48.6 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2046 February 5 at 23:29:25.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2046 February 6 at 00:52:36.8 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2046 February 6 at 00:56:06.1 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2046 February 6 at 00:59:34.4 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2046 February 6 at 02:07:29.5 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.92321 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.85231 |
| Gamma | 0.37654 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h19m00.8s |
| Sun Declination | -15°38'42.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'13.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h18m27.2s |
| Moon Declination | -15°20'02.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'46.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'11.7" |
| ΔT | 81.8 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse 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 afortnight.
| January 22 Descending node (full moon) | February 5 Ascending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
 | |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 115 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 141 |
This eclipse is a member of asemester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]
The partial solar eclipses onJune 23, 2047 andDecember 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 28, 2044 Annular | −0.9954 | 126 | August 23, 2044 Total | 0.9613 | |
| 131 | February 16, 2045 Annular | −0.3125 | 136 | August 12, 2045 Total | 0.2116 | |
| 141 | February 5, 2046 Annular | 0.3765 | 146 | August 2, 2046 Total | −0.535 | |
| 151 | January 26, 2047 Partial | 1.045 | 156 | July 22, 2047 Partial | −1.3477 | |
This eclipse is a part ofSaros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is oneexeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds onDecember 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’sascending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
 September 17, 1811 |  September 28, 1829 |  October 9, 1847 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
 October 19, 1865 |  October 30, 1883 |  November 11, 1901 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
 November 22, 1919 |  December 2, 1937 |  December 14, 1955 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
 December 24, 1973 |  January 4, 1992 |  January 15, 2010 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
 January 26, 2028 | February 5, 2046 |  February 17, 2064 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
 February 27, 2082 |  March 10, 2100 |  March 22, 2118 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
 April 1, 2136 |  April 12, 2154 |  April 23, 2172 |
| 33 | ||
 May 4, 2190 | ||
Themetonic 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 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 July 1, 2000 |  April 19, 2004 |  February 7, 2008 |  November 25, 2011 |  September 13, 2015 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 July 2, 2019 |  April 20, 2023 |  February 6, 2027 |  November 25, 2030 |  September 12, 2034 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 July 2, 2038 |  April 20, 2042 | February 5, 2046 |  November 25, 2049 |  September 12, 2053 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 July 1, 2057 |  April 20, 2061 |  February 5, 2065 |  November 24, 2068 |  September 12, 2072 |
| 157 | ||||
 July 1, 2076 | ||||
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |  November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) |  October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) |  September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) |  August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) |
 July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) |  June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) |  May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |  April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) |  March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
 February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |  January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |  December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |  November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |  October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) |
 September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |  August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |  July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |  June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |  May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
 April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) |  March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) | February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |  January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) |  December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
 November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |  October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) |  September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |  August 4, 2111 (Saros 147) |  July 4, 2122 (Saros 148) |
 June 3, 2133 (Saros 149) |  May 3, 2144 (Saros 150) |  April 2, 2155 (Saros 151) |  March 2, 2166 (Saros 152) |  January 29, 2177 (Saros 153) |
 December 29, 2187 (Saros 154) |  November 28, 2198 (Saros 155) | |||
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
 July 17, 1814 (Saros 133) |  June 27, 1843 (Saros 134) |  June 6, 1872 (Saros 135) |
 May 18, 1901 (Saros 136) |  April 28, 1930 (Saros 137) |  April 8, 1959 (Saros 138) |
 March 18, 1988 (Saros 139) |  February 26, 2017 (Saros 140) | February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
 January 16, 2075 (Saros 142) |  December 29, 2103 (Saros 143) |  December 7, 2132 (Saros 144) |
 November 17, 2161 (Saros 145) |  October 29, 2190 (Saros 146) | |
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