A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, April 30, 2060, with a magnitude of 1.066. 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 18 hours after perigee (on April 29, 2060, at 15:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, eastern Burkina Faso, northwestern Nigeria, Niger, northwestern Chad, Libya, northwestern Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, northwestern Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for much of eastern Brazil, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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.
+April 30, 2060 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2060 April 30 at 07:33:37.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2060 April 30 at 08:28:28.1 UTC First Central Line 2060 April 30 at 08:29:48.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2060 April 30 at 08:31:08.2 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2060 April 30 at 09:28:50.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2060 April 30 at 10:09:59.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2060 April 30 at 10:12:28.4 UTC Greatest Duration 2060 April 30 at 10:14:55.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2060 April 30 at 10:21:02.0 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2060 April 30 at 10:50:53.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2060 April 30 at 11:48:45.5 UTC Last Central Line 2060 April 30 at 11:50:04.8 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2060 April 30 at 11:51:24.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2060 April 30 at 12:46:19.7 UTC
+April 30, 2060 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.06600 Eclipse Obscuration 1.13636 Gamma 0.24217 Sun Right Ascension 02h33m38.4s Sun Declination +15°04'16.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 02h33m13.6s Moon Declination +15°17'46.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'38.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'05.8" ΔT 90.6 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 April 2060 April 15Descending node (full moon) April 30Ascending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 113 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 139
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2060 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 15. A total solar eclipse on April 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 9. An annular solar eclipse on October 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 26, 2051 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2069
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071
Solar Saros 139 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 10, 2089
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1973 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 2, 2147
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
Saros 139
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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