Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053
Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.4089
Magnitude	0.9919
Maximum eclipse
Duration	50 s (0 min 50 s)
Coordinates	23°S 83°E / 23°S 83°E
Max. width of band	31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	7:08:19
References
Saros	140 (31 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9625

An annular solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2053. Template:Annular solar eclipse summary

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.^[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054
Descending 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

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 descending node.

21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087
May 31 – June 1	March 19–20	January 5–6	October 24–25	August 12–13
118	120	122	124	126
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	130	132	134	136
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	140	142	144	146
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	150	152	154	156
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
158	160	162	164	166
June 1, 2087			October 24, 2098