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- Sep 2, 203575% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Total Solar Eclipse Crosses China
- A total solar eclipse on 2035 Sep 02, catalogued by NASA/GSFC as sequence number 09586, relative number -17, of Saros series 145[1][2][3]
- Greatest Eclipse falls at 01:55:25.4 UT at 29°05.6'N 158°02.1'E, with the Sun 67.9° up, a path 116.3 km wide and a central-line duration of 02m54.2s[1]
- Greatest Duration is a separate point a few minutes earlier, at 01:51:56 UT at 29°41'N 156°53'E, path width 116.1 km, central duration 02m54.4s; the Google-map page repeats that figure, ‘In this case, the Greatest Duration is 02m54.4s’[1][2]
- The umbral shadow is tabulated at 120-second intervals across 99 timed rows from 00:18 UT to 03:34 UT, the central line running from 38°03.4'N 079°33.9'E at the opening limits to 05°26.3'N 142°57.4'W at the closing limits[1]
- The Saros 145 catalog gives the same instant in Terrestrial Dynamical Time as 2035 Sep 02 01:56:46 TD with ΔT = 81 s, gamma 0.3727, eclipse magnitude 1.0320, path width 116 km and central duration 02m54s — rounded against the path table’s 116.3 km and 02m54.2s[1][3]
- Totality can only be seen between the blue northern and southern path limits and is longest on the red central line; yellow lines on the map mark maximum eclipse at 10-minute intervals[2]
- Predictions use the VSOP87/ELP2000-85 solar and lunar ephemerides with ΔT = 80.6 seconds[1][2]
- They exclude the lunar limb profile: corrections ‘may shift the limits of the eclipse path north or south by ~1-3 kilometers, and change the eclipse duration by ~1-3 seconds’, and the location of Greatest Duration may move by ~10-20 km; fuller predictions are normally posted 12-18 months beforehand[1][2]
- Saros 145 runs 1370.29 years over 77 solar eclipses, from a partial on 1639 Jan 04 to a partial on 3009 Apr 17, 41 of them total; this eclipse sits between 2017 Aug 21 (02m40s, 115 km) and 2053 Sep 12 (03m04s, 116 km)[3]
- All calculations are by Fred Espenak, NASA’s GSFC, who ‘assumes full responsibility for their accuracy’[1][2][3]
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- [1]75%eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpath/SEpath2001/SE2035Sep02Tpath.htmleclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Sep 2, 2035 ✓· 33% of score
NASA's[2][3] eclipse catalogue gives the instant of greatest eclipse as 01:55:25 UT on 2035-09-02 (01:56:46 TD, the two separated by delta-T), from Saros series 145. Eclipse circumstances are computed from orbital mechanics, so the date and time are exact centuries ahead.
- [2]90%Total Solar Eclipse of 2035-09-02 - Google map of the patheclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Added Sep 20, 2026· 33% of score
NASA's[1][3] interactive map of this eclipse, showing the central path, the points of greatest eclipse and greatest duration, and local circumstances anywhere on the map.
- [3]80%Saros series 145eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Added Sep 20, 2026· 33% of score
The saros series this eclipse belongs to, listing every eclipse in the same 18-year family and where each one fell.[1]
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