A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, March 30, 2052, with a magnitude of 1.0466. 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. Occurring about 1.5 days before perigee (on April 1, 2052, at 6:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of central Mexico, the extreme southern tip of Texas, southeastern Louisiana, southeastern Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Hawaii, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
This will be the 2nd total eclipse visible from the Florida panhandle and southwest Georgia in 6.6 years. It will also be the last total solar eclipse visible in the United States until May 11, 2078.
Eclipse details 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.
+March 30, 2052 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2052 March 30 at 15:54:47.5 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2052 March 30 at 16:52:13.4 UTC First Central Line 2052 March 30 at 16:53:04.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2052 March 30 at 16:53:55.0 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2052 March 30 at 17:57:37.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2052 March 30 at 18:28:31.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2052 March 30 at 18:31:52.9 UTC Greatest Duration 2052 March 30 at 18:33:58.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2052 March 30 at 18:42:28.4 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2052 March 30 at 19:05:51.6 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2052 March 30 at 20:09:40.8 UTC Last Central Line 2052 March 30 at 20:10:33.4 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2052 March 30 at 20:11:25.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2052 March 30 at 21:08:49.5 UTC
+March 30, 2052 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.04664 Eclipse Obscuration 1.09545 Gamma 0.32385 Sun Right Ascension 00h39m33.8s Sun Declination +04°15'25.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'00.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h39m10.3s Moon Declination +04°34'05.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'29.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'31.8" ΔT 85.4 s
Eclipse season
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–April 2052 March 30Descending node (new moon) April 14Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 130 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 142
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2052 A total solar eclipse on March 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14. An annular solar eclipse on September 22. A partial lunar eclipse on October 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2043 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2061
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063
Solar Saros 130 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 30, 2139
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
Saros 130
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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