Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 28, 2044, with a magnitude of 0.96. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6.7 days after apogee (on February 22, 2044, at 5:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

While the path of annularity will be not visible from any major land areas, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica and much of South America. This will be the last of 55 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 121.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of February 28, 2044(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Orcadas Base 16:21:09 17:26:56 18:29:05 2:08 91.12% Punta Arenas 16:22:40 17:34:49 18:42:05 2:19 72.14% King Edward Point 17:36:24 18:39:37 19:28:33 (sunset) 1:52 92.18% Stanley 16:33:56 17:42:58 18:47:05 2:13 82.00% Neuquén 16:56:00 18:05:49 19:09:31 2:14 62.11% Mar del Plata 17:03:47 18:10:26 19:11:21 2:08 69.65% Santiago 17:07:55 18:16:01 19:17:55 2:10 52.19% Montevideo 17:11:15 18:16:24 19:15:56 2:05 66.28% Buenos Aires 17:11:04 18:16:45 19:16:42 2:06 64.41% Mendoza 17:10:14 18:17:46 19:19:07 2:09 53.21% Rosario 17:13:54 18:19:33 19:19:22 2:05 60.33% Rio de Janeiro 17:38:34 18:19:54 18:22:15 (sunset) 0:44 42.46% Córdoba 17:16:02 18:21:50 19:21:41 2:06 55.18% Tacuarembó 17:18:26 18:22:11 19:19:51 (sunset) 2:01 61.49% Rivera 17:20:24 18:23:38 19:17:26 (sunset) 1:57 60.41% Porto Alegre 17:23:20 18:24:53 18:59:32 (sunset) 1:36 61.15% Criciúma 17:26:32 18:26:51 18:51:04 (sunset) 1:25 59.51% Ciudad del Este 17:32:41 18:32:39 19:09:42 (sunset) 1:37 51.28% Asunción 17:32:39 18:33:14 19:21:38 (sunset) 1:49 49.22% Salta 17:31:55 18:33:41 19:29:56 1:58 42.98% São Paulo 17:37:33 18:34:04 18:36:26 (sunset) 0:59 50.44% Brasília 17:54:29 18:34:10 18:36:26 (sunset) 0:42 30.29% Sucre 16:46:51 17:43:21 18:35:03 1:48 32.28% Cochabamba 16:51:13 17:45:54 18:36:04 1:45 28.48% La Paz 16:53:39 17:47:11 18:36:21 1:43 25.37% Lima 16:09:31 16:52:59 17:33:28 1:24 10.77% Rio Branco 16:13:23 16:56:44 17:37:08 1:24 13.37% Manaus 17:34:02 18:03:35 18:17:39 (sunset) 0:44 4.96% Leticia 16:36:36 17:04:13 17:30:37 0:54 3.29% Iquitos 16:42:50 17:04:57 17:26:16 0:43 1.58%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.

+February 28, 2044 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2044 February 28 at 18:10:40.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2044 February 28 at 19:25:50.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2044 February 28 at 20:06:18.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2044 February 28 at 20:13:36.1 UTC First Central Line 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC Greatest Duration 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2044 February 28 at 20:24:39.5 UTC Last Central Line 2044 February 28 at 20:32:09.6 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2044 February 28 at 20:43:34.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2044 February 28 at 22:38:55.6 UTC

+February 28, 2044 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.96001 Eclipse Obscuration 0.92161 Gamma −0.99537 Sun Right Ascension 22h45m44.1s Sun Declination -07°51'30.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h47m30.6s Moon Declination -08°41'25.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'29.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'51.8" ΔT 80.8 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 February–March 2044 February 28Ascending node (new moon) March 13Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 121 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 133

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 May 11, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055

Solar Saros 121 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 2130

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 121

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2044Feb28A.GIF