A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, September 14, 2099, with a magnitude of 1.0684. 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 5 hours before perigee (on September 15, 2099, at 12:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Locations experiencing totality
The eclipse will begin at sunrise off the western coast of Canada, and move eastern across Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan) and the northern states of the United States (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina). The eclipse will end in the Atlantic Ocean, with partial visibility in parts of Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, the Iberian Peninsula, West Africa and throughout the entirety of North.
The path of totality will pass through the cities of Madison, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The last time totality was visible over these two locations was respectively May 16, 1379,Madison's Eclipse Drought by John Rummel and April 18, 1558.JavaScript Solar Eclipse Explorer by NASA
British Columbia Williams Lake
Alberta Calgary Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan Swift Current
Montana Plentywood
North Dakota Williston Minot Fargo Grand Forks
Minnesota Saint Cloud Minneapolis Saint Paul
Wisconsin Eau Claire Wausau La Crosse Oshkosh Sheboygan Madison Janesville Milwaukee Kenosha
Illinois Chicago Waukegan Evanston
Michigan Grand Rapids Lansing Kalamazoo Ann Arbor
Indiana South Bend Fort Wayne
Ohio Toledo Lima Sandusky Mansfield Columbus Canton Zanesville
Pennsylvania
Waynesburg
West Virginia Parkersburg Wheeling Clarksburg Morgantown Martinsburg
Virginia Staunton Harrisonburg Charlottesville Lynchburg Richmond Newport News Norfolk Virginia Beach
North Carolina Elizabeth City Kill Devil Hills Kitty Hawk Swan Quarter Washington
Although this solar eclipse does pass over a few large cities such as Minneapolis and Virginia Beach, it fails to offer totality in several major cities nearby, including most of Chicago and all of Washington D.C., Detroit, Cincinnati and Cleveland.Eclipse Path of Total Solar Eclipse on September 14, 2099 Moreover, in Canada, the cities of Moose Jaw and Regina will be directly north of the path, but not in it.
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.
+September 14, 2099 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2099 September 14 at 14:25:44.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2099 September 14 at 15:22:08.5 UTC First Central Line 2099 September 14 at 15:23:37.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2099 September 14 at 15:25:06.8 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2099 September 14 at 16:32:45.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2099 September 14 at 16:35:31.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2099 September 14 at 16:53:52.7 UTC Greatest Duration 2099 September 14 at 16:56:49.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2099 September 14 at 16:57:53.0 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2099 September 14 at 17:23:30.3 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2099 September 14 at 18:30:52.9 UTC Last Central Line 2099 September 14 at 18:32:22.2 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2099 September 14 at 18:33:51.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2099 September 14 at 19:30:09.7 UTC
+September 14, 2099 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.06844 Eclipse Obscuration 1.14156 Gamma 0.39422 Sun Right Ascension 11h31m25.7s Sun Declination +03°05'04.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 11h32m12.4s Moon Declination +03°26'11.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.6" ΔT 123.3 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 September 2099 September 14Descending node (new moon) September 29Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 136 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2099 An annular solar eclipse on March 21. A partial lunar eclipse on April 5. A total solar eclipse on September 14. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 29.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 27, 2095 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 4, 2103
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2092 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 8, 2090 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 20, 2108
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2110
Solar Saros 136 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 26, 2117
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 25, 2128
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 16, 2186
Solar eclipses of 2098–2101
Saros 136
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References
HermitEclipse: USA Eclipse Bonanza