Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
# Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, October 4, 2051. 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.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses 2051–2054

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051–2054 :

| Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map |
| 120 | April 11, 2051 Partial | 125 | October 4, 2051 Partial |
| 130 | March 30, 2052 Total | 135 | September 22, 2052 Annular |
| 140 | March 20, 2053 Annular | 145 | September 12, 2053 Total |
| 150 | March 9, 2054 Partial | 155 | September 2, 2054 Partial |
