A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, April 30, 2041, with a magnitude of 1.0189. 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 3.75 days after perigee (on April 26, 2041, at 17:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

Path description The path of totality will begin in the South Atlantic Ocean before making landfall at Luanda, the capital of Angola. From there, the path will cross the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where totality will be visible in the northern portions of the capital Kampala), Kenya, and Somalia. The path will then exit Africa and end over the Indian Ocean.

A partial solar eclipse will also be visible over much of eastern South America, Africa, Antarctica, the Middle East, and South Asia.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of April 30, 2041(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 Luanda 11:18:43 12:54:42 12:55:33 12:56:23 14:32:08 1:41 3:13 1.0059 Uíge 11:24:50 13:02:18 13:02:28 13:02:37 14:38:16 0:19 3:13 1.0003 Mbale 14:29:01 16:00:33 16:00:43 16:00:52 17:20:02 0:19 2:51 1.0005References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of April 30, 2041(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage King Edward Point 07:44:05 (sunrise) 08:21:40 09:26:48 1:43 70.79% Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 09:19:38 10:33:19 11:54:10 2:35 86.56% Jamestown 09:40:15 11:02:14 12:32:28 2:52 70.83% Opuwo 12:07:07 13:39:57 15:14:14 3:07 75.16% Windhoek 12:11:27 13:40:18 15:09:25 2:58 57.39% Huambo 11:18:05 12:54:19 14:29:36 3:12 84.58% São Tomé 10:28:09 11:58:01 13:29:12 3:01 59.84% Malanje 11:24:27 13:02:01 14:37:21 3:13 92.25% Libreville 11:31:57 13:04:20 14:36:34 3:05 66.34% Malabo 11:40:10 13:09:11 14:37:40 2:58 54.85% Kinshasa 11:31:39 13:09:21 14:44:11 3:13 93.89% Brazzaville 11:31:43 13:09:23 14:44:13 3:13 93.66% Franceville 11:33:58 13:10:12 14:44:10 3:10 81.98% Yaoundé 11:44:17 13:15:34 14:44:48 3:01 60.59% Lusaka 12:50:53 14:22:09 15:45:29 2:55 56.07% Harare 12:57:46 14:24:47 15:43:39 2:46 47.14% Bangui 11:58:02 13:32:25 15:00:30 3:02 72.55% Lilongwe 13:09:33 14:38:00 15:56:15 2:47 54.58% Gitega 13:10:41 14:46:10 16:10:15 3:00 89.72% Kigali 13:13:20 14:48:37 16:12:19 2:59 94.55% Kampala 14:23:42 15:56:48 17:17:43 2:54 100.00% Dar es Salaam 14:32:22 16:00:01 17:15:25 2:43 73.28% Moroni 14:38:17 16:00:02 17:10:40 2:32 57.57% Juba 13:29:00 15:00:15 16:20:00 2:51 85.51% Nairobi 14:32:25 16:02:38 17:20:15 2:48 92.78% Khartoum 13:53:38 15:11:01 16:20:00 2:26 46.40% Addis Ababa 14:52:34 16:15:14 17:27:03 2:34 72.10% Mogadishu 14:56:14 16:18:08 17:28:25 2:32 97.56% Victoria 16:07:39 17:21:49 18:13:50 (sunset) 2:06 84.61% Djibouti 15:05:25 16:21:54 17:28:45 2:23 62.00%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.

+April 30, 2041 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2041 April 30 at 09:12:27.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2041 April 30 at 10:15:41.8 UTC First Central Line 2041 April 30 at 10:15:50.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2041 April 30 at 10:15:58.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2041 April 30 at 11:30:49.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2041 April 30 at 11:46:56.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2041 April 30 at 11:47:32.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2041 April 30 at 11:52:20.8 UTC Greatest Duration 2041 April 30 at 11:53:28.8 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2041 April 30 at 11:58:14.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2041 April 30 at 13:28:59.8 UTC Last Central Line 2041 April 30 at 13:29:05.6 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2041 April 30 at 13:29:11.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2041 April 30 at 14:32:28.9 UTC

+April 30, 2041 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.01891 Eclipse Obscuration 1.03817 Gamma −0.44919 Sun Right Ascension 02h32m22.2s Sun Declination +14°58'18.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 02h33m06.0s Moon Declination +14°34'20.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'56.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'30.8" ΔT 79.3 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 April–May 2041 April 30Ascending node (new moon) May 16Descending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 129 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 141

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2041 A total solar eclipse on April 30. A partial lunar eclipse on May 16. An annular solar eclipse on October 25. A partial lunar eclipse on November 8.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2050

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052

Solar Saros 129 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1954 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 1, 2128

Solar eclipses of 2040–2043

Saros 129

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links NASA.gov