title: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
text: # 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 |
  