Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061

Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.9578
Magnitude	1.0475
Maximum eclipse
Duration	157 s (2 min 37 s)
Coordinates	64.5°N 59.2°E / 64.5; 59.2
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.

The partial solar eclipse on June 21, 2058 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2058 to 2061
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
119	May 22, 2058 Partial	−1.3194		124	November 16, 2058 Partial	1.1224
129	May 11, 2059 Total	−0.508		134	November 5, 2059 Annular	0.4454
139	April 30, 2060 Total	0.2422		144	October 24, 2060 Annular	−0.2625
149	April 20, 2061 Total	0.9578		154	October 13, 2061 Annular	−0.9639

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 between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
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
July 1, 2076

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements