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 sec (0 m 50 s)
Coordinates 23°S 83°E / 23°S 83°E / -23; 83
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. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses 2051-2054

Each member 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.

120April 11, 2051

Partial		 125October 4, 2051

Partial
130March 30, 2052

Total		 135September 22, 2052

Annular
140March 20, 2053

Annular		 145September 12, 2053

Total
150March 9, 2054

Partial		 155September 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).

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