A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2044, with a magnitude of 1.0364. 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 2.1 days after perigee (on August 21, 2044, at 0:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

This will be the last of 41 umbral solar eclipses in Solar Saros 126.

Path Totality will be visible in the evening of August 22 across:

Northwestern Greenland In Canada: Northern and western Nunavut Central Northwest Territories Extreme southeast Yukon Eastern British Columbia, including Dawson Creek and Fernie Much of Alberta including Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge Southwestern Saskatchewan, including Swift Current In the United States: The northeastern half of Montana. Glacier National Park, Great Falls, Lewistown, and Forsyth will be just inside the path of totality. Western North Dakota, including Williston, Minot, and Dickinson Extreme northwest South Dakota

Even though the date of the eclipse is widely listed as August 23 among sources, nearly the entire path of totality in the United States and Canada actually sees the whole event on August 22. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Siberia in the morning hours of August 23.

The greatest duration of the total eclipse will be observed in the Northwest Territories, approximately southeast of Great Bear Lake.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 23, 2044(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Qaanaaq 22:53:41 23:46:59 23:47:46 23:48:35 00:41:05 1:36 1:47 1.0102 Savissivik 22:55:16 23:47:56 23:48:47 23:49:38 00:41:29 1:42 1:46 1.0151 Nuussuaq 22:56:18 23:48:02 23:48:49 23:49:37 00:06:32 (sunset) 1:35 1:10 1.0121 Pituffik 20:55:05 21:48:05 21:48:57 21:49:49 22:41:59 1:44 1:47 1.0163 Grise Fiord 19:56:58 20:51:01 20:51:52 20:52:44 21:45:46 1:43 1:49 1.0119 Resolute 19:00:31 19:55:41 19:56:18 19:56:55 20:50:48 1:14 1:50 1.0045 Ulukhaktok 18:05:42 19:03:07 19:04:04 19:05:02 20:00:37 1:55 1:55 1.012 Wrigley 18:18:05 19:16:46 19:17:35 19:18:24 20:14:30 1:38 1:56 1.0072 Fort Nelson 17:26:39 18:25:09 18:25:58 18:26:46 19:22:21 1:37 1:56 1.007 High Level 18:28:38 19:25:58 19:26:43 19:27:29 20:22:00 1:31 1:53 1.0068 Fort St. John 17:32:03 18:29:58 18:30:51 18:31:43 19:26:35 1:45 1:55 1.0093 Dawson Creek 17:33:08 18:30:51 18:31:46 18:32:40 19:27:19 1:49 1:54 1.0106 Chetwynd 17:32:53 18:31:12 18:31:50 18:32:27 19:27:39 1:15 1:55 1.0042 Grande Prairie 18:34:37 19:31:53 19:32:52 19:33:50 20:28:03 1:57 1:53 1.0148 St. Albert 18:38:29 19:34:39 19:35:23 19:36:07 20:29:20 1:28 1:51 1.0069 Edmonton 18:38:40 19:34:48 19:35:32 19:36:16 20:29:26 1:28 1:51 1.0068 Strathcona County 18:38:46 19:34:52 19:35:34 19:36:14 20:29:23 1:22 1:51 1.0059 Camrose 18:39:45 19:35:41 19:36:24 19:37:08 20:30:06 1:27 1:50 1.0067 Wetaskiwin 18:39:46 19:35:45 19:36:32 19:37:20 20:30:20 1:35 1:51 1.0087 Rocky Mountain House 18:40:39 19:36:47 19:37:44 19:38:40 20:31:45 1:53 1:51 1.0169 Red Deer 18:41:01 19:36:55 19:37:49 19:38:43 20:31:35 1:48 1:51 1.0134 Golden 18:42:21 19:39:08 19:39:48 19:40:29 20:34:04 1:21 1:52 1.0054 Banff 18:42:48 19:39:04 19:39:55 19:40:45 20:33:52 1:41 1:51 1.0101 Calgary 18:43:16 19:39:04 19:40:00 19:40:54 20:33:38 1:50 1:50 1.0147 Invermere 18:43:59 19:40:31 19:41:08 19:41:45 20:35:05 1:14 1:51 1.0047 Medicine Hat 18:45:27 19:40:22 19:41:15 19:42:07 20:25:40 (sunset) 1:45 1:40 1.0146 Lethbridge 18:45:55 19:41:21 19:42:11 19:43:02 20:33:37 (sunset) 1:41 1:48 1.0109 Williston 19:48:47 20:41:57 20:42:42 20:43:26 20:53:38 (sunset) 1:29 1:05 1.0097 Dickinson 18:50:54 19:43:38 19:44:26 19:45:14 19:47:55 (sunset) 1:36 0:57 1.0145 Great Falls 18:50:02 19:45:24 19:45:38 19:45:53 20:23:05 (sunset) 0:29 1:33 1.0009References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 23, 2044(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Omsk 05:56:45 (sunrise) 06:00:41 06:12:54 0:16 4.28% Longyearbyen 01:30:47 02:22:16 03:14:10 1:43 78.68% Magadan 10:35:54 11:25:36 12:15:58 1:40 18.89% Upernavik 22:57:54 23:32:55 23:42:45 (sunset) 0:45 60.61% Anadyr 11:44:44 12:47:05 13:48:29 2:04 52.22% Pond Inlet 20:02:48 20:56:39 21:49:20 1:47 98.64% Minneapolis 19:52:11 20:03:24 20:06:30 (sunset) 0:14 11.89% Inuvik 18:05:26 19:06:14 20:04:53 1:59 95.57% Oklahoma City 20:08:20 20:08:40 20:09:31 (sunset) 0:01 0.06% Adak 15:08:48 16:10:55 17:10:41 2:02 37.53% Coral Harbour 19:18:16 20:11:05 20:20:52 (sunset) 1:03 94.50% Anchorage 16:09:48 17:13:50 18:15:03 2:05 81.29% Baker Lake 19:19:28 20:14:09 21:06:55 1:47 95.32% Unalaska 16:11:37 17:16:36 18:18:34 2:07 54.49% Whitehorse 17:18:23 18:20:12 19:19:03 2:01 94.01% Winnipeg 19:44:59 20:25:33 20:31:17 (sunset) 0:46 72.21% Regina 18:44:46 19:39:15 20:02:18 (sunset) 1:18 99.85% Denver 19:03:17 19:42:18 19:45:08 (sunset) 0:42 67.38% Vancouver 17:44:47 18:43:35 19:38:51 1:54 96.57% Seattle 17:48:11 18:46:35 19:41:25 1:53 95.65% Hermosillo 18:22:15 18:53:17 18:55:46 (sunset) 0:34 45.37% Salt Lake City 19:02:07 19:56:44 20:14:12 (sunset) 1:12 92.94% Midway Atoll 14:28:40 14:58:20 15:26:56 0:58 2.69% Phoenix 18:14:57 19:01:39 19:05:12 (sunset) 0:50 76.09% San Francisco 18:06:57 19:03:36 19:52:03 (sunset) 1:45 83.54% Las Vegas 18:10:25 19:04:48 19:20:54 (sunset) 1:10 84.57% Los Angeles 18:14:12 19:08:46 19:30:38 (sunset) 1:16 79.56% Mexicali 18:16:40 19:10:07 19:17:44 (sunset) 1:01 78.17% Tijuana 18:16:57 19:10:45 19:23:56 (sunset) 1:07 77.30% Honolulu 15:39:53 16:26:35 17:10:11 1:30 17.41%References:

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.

+August 23, 2044 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2044 August 22 at 23:10:51.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2044 August 23 at 00:27:10.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2044 August 23 at 00:46:01.0 UTC First Central Line 2044 August 23 at 00:49:11.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2044 August 23 at 00:52:44.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2044 August 23 at 01:07:14.0 UTC Greatest Duration 2044 August 23 at 01:16:35.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2044 August 23 at 01:17:01.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2044 August 23 at 01:41:52.4 UTC Last Central Line 2044 August 23 at 01:45:22.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2044 August 23 at 01:48:31.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2044 August 23 at 03:23:35.9 UTC

+August 23, 2044 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.03644 Eclipse Obscuration 1.07420 Gamma 0.96130 Sun Right Ascension 10h10m33.4s Sun Declination +11°16'02.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 10h12m17.2s Moon Declination +12°07'34.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'19.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'55.1" ΔT 81.0 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 August–September 2044 August 23Descending node (new moon) September 7Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 126 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 138

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2044 An annular solar eclipse on February 28. A total lunar eclipse on March 13. A total solar eclipse on August 23. A total lunar eclipse on September 7.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055

Solar Saros 126 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 25, 2131

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 126

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

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