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Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062

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Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0238
Magnitude0.9331
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°00′S 147°06′W / 61°S 147.1°W / -61; -147.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:26:16
References
Saros121 (63 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9646

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 11, 2062,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9331. 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.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for much of Antarctica, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.

Eclipse details

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Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]

March 11, 2062 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2062 March 11 at 02:14:37.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2062 March 11 at 03:22:56.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2062 March 11 at 04:14:52.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2062 March 11 at 04:26:16.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2062 March 11 at 06:38:14.6 UTC
March 11, 2062 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.93309
Eclipse Obscuration 0.89604
Gamma −1.02380
Sun Right Ascension 23h26m28.0s
Sun Declination -03°36'57.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 23h28m20.0s
Moon Declination -04°27'39.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'26.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'41.5"
ΔT 91.9 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of March 2062
March 11
Ascending node (new moon)
March 25
Descending node (full moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 121
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 133
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Eclipses in 2062

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 121

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2062–2065

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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.[3]

The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 March 11, 2062

Partial
−1.0238 126 September 3, 2062

Partial
1.0191
131 February 28, 2063

Annular
−0.336 136 August 24, 2063

Total
0.2771
141 February 17, 2064

Annular
0.3597 146 August 12, 2064

Total
−0.4652
151 February 5, 2065

Partial
1.0336 156 August 2, 2065

Partial
−1.2759

Saros 121

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 121, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070 through October 9, 1809; hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827 and October 30, 1845; and annular eclipses from November 11, 1863 through February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 39 at 6 minutes, 20 seconds on June 21, 1629, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on February 28, 2044. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 49–70 occur between 1801 and 2200:
49 50 51

October 9, 1809

October 20, 1827

October 30, 1845
52 53 54

November 11, 1863

November 21, 1881

December 3, 1899
55 56 57

December 14, 1917

December 25, 1935

January 5, 1954
58 59 60

January 16, 1972

January 26, 1990

February 7, 2008
61 62 63

February 17, 2026

February 28, 2044

March 11, 2062
64 65 66

March 21, 2080

April 1, 2098

April 13, 2116
67 68 69

April 24, 2134

May 4, 2152

May 16, 2170
70

May 26, 2188

Metonic series

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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.

23 eclipse events between August 3, 2054 and October 16, 2145
August 3–4 May 22–24 March 10–11 December 27–29 October 14–16
117 119 121 123 125

August 3, 2054

May 22, 2058

March 11, 2062

December 27, 2065

October 15, 2069
127 129 131 133 135

August 3, 2073

May 22, 2077

March 10, 2081

December 27, 2084

October 14, 2088
137 139 141 143 145

August 3, 2092

May 22, 2096

March 10, 2100

December 29, 2103

October 16, 2107
147 149 151 153 155

August 4, 2111

May 24, 2115

March 11, 2119

December 28, 2122

October 16, 2126
157 159 161 163 165

August 4, 2130

May 23, 2134

October 16, 2145

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 2018 and 2200

July 13, 2018
(Saros 117)

June 12, 2029
(Saros 118)

May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)

April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)

March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)

February 7, 2073
(Saros 122)

January 7, 2084
(Saros 123)

December 7, 2094
(Saros 124)

November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)

October 6, 2116
(Saros 126)

September 6, 2127
(Saros 127)

August 5, 2138
(Saros 128)

July 5, 2149
(Saros 129)

June 4, 2160
(Saros 130)

May 5, 2171
(Saros 131)

April 3, 2182
(Saros 132)

March 3, 2193
(Saros 133)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

September 8, 1801
(Saros 112)

August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)

July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)

July 9, 1888
(Saros 115)

June 19, 1917
(Saros 116)

May 30, 1946
(Saros 117)

May 11, 1975
(Saros 118)

April 19, 2004
(Saros 119)

March 30, 2033
(Saros 120)

March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)

February 18, 2091
(Saros 122)

January 30, 2120
(Saros 123)

January 9, 2149
(Saros 124)

December 20, 2177
(Saros 125)

References

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  1. ^ "March 11, 2062 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2062 Mar 11". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 121". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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