Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.3431 |
| Magnitude | 1.0566 |
| Saros | 139 (30 of 71) |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 268 s (4 min 28 s) |
| Location | Nazas, Durango, Mexico |
| Coordinates | 25°17′30″N 104°07′12″W / 25.29167°N 104.12°W |
| Max. width of band | 199 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Partial eclipse begin | 15:42:07 |
| Total eclipse begin | 16:38:44 |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:17:15 |
| Partial eclipse end | 20:52:14 |
The Solar Eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024, will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0566 that will be visible in a huge area of North America, beginning at south Pacific Ocean, passing through northern Mexico, central and eastern United States, southeastern Canada and ending at northern Atlantic Ocean. This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible in Mexico since the Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991.[1]
The longest duration of totality will be 4 minutes 28 seconds near the small town of Nazas, Durango, Mexico, near the city of Torreón, Coahuila.
In the United States, path of totality passes directly over Dallas, Texas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York, among other places.
In Canada, the path of totality will pass over parts of southern Ontario (including Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Kingston, and Cornwall), parts of southern Québec (including Montréal, and Sherbrooke), central New Brunswick (including Fredericton), and central Newfoundland (including Gander, and Grand Falls-Windsor). Note that some cities listed lie on the edge of the path of totality, such as Hamilton and Montréal. Toronto and Moncton, New Brunswick lie just north and south of the path of totality, respectively.
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[edit] Related eclipses
[edit] Solar eclipses 2022-2025
This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 119 | April 30, 2022 Partial |
124 | October 25, 2022 Partial |
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| 129 | April 20, 2023 Hybrid |
134 | October 14, 2023 Annular |
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| 139 | April 8, 2024 Total |
144 | October 2, 2024 Annular |
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| 149 | March 29, 2025 Partial |
154 | September 21, 2025 Partial |
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[edit] Saros 139
It is a part of Saros cycle 139, repeating every 18 year, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses on August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763.
The solar eclipse of June 13, 2132 will be the next longest total solar eclipse at 6 minutes, 55 seconds.
The longest duration of totality will be 7 minutes, 29 seconds on Jul 16, 2186.[2] This is the longest solar eclipse computed between 2000BC and 3000AD.[3]
Series members 24-39 occur between 1901 and 2200:
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
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 February 3, 1916 |
 February 14, 1934 |
 February 25, 1952 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
 March 7, 1970 |
 March 18, 1988 |
 March 29, 2006 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
April 8, 2024 |
 April 20, 2042 |
 April 30, 2060 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 |
 May 11, 2078 |
 May 22, 2096 |
 June 3, 2114 |
| 36 | 37 | 38 |
 June 13, 2132 |
 June 25, 2150 |
 July 5, 2168 |
| 39 | ||
 July 16, 2186 |
[edit] Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 31 days short of 11 years. Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchonization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but grouping in cycles of 3 tritos (32.7 years) comes close, so eclipse are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1901 and 2100 are:
 March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
 February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |
 January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
 December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |
 November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |
 October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) |
 September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |
 August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |
 July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
 June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |
 May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) |
 March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) |
 February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
 January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) |
 December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
 November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |
 October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) |
 September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
[edit] 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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982 and June 21, 2058.
| June 21 | April 8-9 | January 26 | November 13-14 | September 1-2 |
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| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 21, 1982 |
 April 9, 1986 |
 January 26, 1990 |
 November 13, 1993 |
 September 2, 1997 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 21, 2001 |
 April 8, 2005 |
 January 26, 2009 |
 November 13, 2012 |
 September 1, 2016 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 June 21, 2020 |
April 8, 2024 |
 January 26, 2028 |
 November 14, 2031 |
 September 2, 2035 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 June 21, 2039 |
 April 9, 2043 |
 January 26, 2047 |
 November 14, 2050 |
 September 2, 2054 |
| 157 | ||||
 June 21, 2058 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Total Solar Eclipse in Mexico, 1991" (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=1QTcVMugITYC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=eclipse+total+sol+mexico+2024&source=bl&ots=BwEdiul6Cf&sig=sPzh8-dZsNF27ylk7QXrTgZqLP0&hl=es&ei=6TLVSeuZK5u6sgPDmsihCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros139.html
- ^ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SEcatalog.html
[edit] External links
- Hermit Eclipse: Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
- Besselian Elements for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 Apr 08
- Interactive 2024 April 8 Total Solar Eclipse map with local circumstances
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