Solar eclipse of December 4th, 2021

Solar eclipse of December 4th, 2021
classification
Type	Total
area	Antarctica , Southern Africa , South Atlantic Total: Antarctica
Saros cycle	152 (13 of 70)
Gamma value	−0.9526
Greatest eclipse
Duration	1 minutes 54 seconds
place	Weddell Sea
location	76 ° 47 ′  S , 46 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 76 ° 47 ′  S , 46 ° 12 ′  W
time	December 4, 2021 7:33:23   UT
size	1.0367

The total solar eclipse of December 4, 2021 is almost exclusively limited to the Antarctic and the South Atlantic . The partial phase of the eclipse can only be seen in southern South Africa as well as in southernmost Australia and Tasmania , but only with a very modest degree of coverage.

The geometry of this eclipse is unusual because the shadow path moves in the "wrong" direction from east to west. In most eclipses, the shadow moves from west to east over the terrestrial globe, according to the direction of movement of the moon. The cause of the opposite movement in this eclipse is related to the fact that the shadow cone just barely touches the earth and at the same time the time of the eclipse is close to the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere. The umbra cone extends - if one considers north as above - under the south pole and meets the earth on the side further away from the sun.

Web links

Commons : Solar eclipse of December 4th, 2021  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• solar-eclipse.de: The total solar eclipse from December 4th, 2021
• NASA: Total Solar Eclipse of 2021 Dec 4
• NASA: Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths: 2021-2040
• NASA: Solar Eclipses of Saros 152