Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.9578 |
Magnitude | 1.0475 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 157 s (2 min 37 s) |
Coordinates | 64°30′N 59°12′E / 64.5°N 59.2°E |
Max. width of band | 559 km (347 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:56:49 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (23 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9644 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on April 20, 2061. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2059-2061
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.[1]
Solar eclipses 2059 to 2061 | |||||
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119 | May 22, 2058 Partial |
124 | November 16, 2058 Partial | ||
129 | May 11, 2059 Total |
134 | November 5, 2059 Annular | ||
139 | April 30, 2060 Total |
144 | October 24, 2060 Annular | ||
149 | April 20, 2061 Total |
154 | October 13, 2061 Annular |
Metonic series
The metonic 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, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
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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 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 165 |
July 1, 2076 |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC