A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, August 14 and Wednesday, August 15, 2091, with a magnitude of 1.0216. 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 3.3 days before perigee (on August 18, 2091, at 7:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
While the path of totality will not be visible from any landmasses, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica. This will be the last of 42 umbral eclipses of Solar Saros 127.
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 15, 2091 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2091 August 14 at 22:24:15.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2091 August 15 at 00:00:09.8 UTC First Central Line 2091 August 15 at 00:01:38.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2091 August 15 at 00:03:10.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2091 August 15 at 00:24:41.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2091 August 15 at 00:34:42.9 UTC Greatest Duration 2091 August 15 at 00:35:13.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2091 August 15 at 00:58:54.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2091 August 15 at 01:05:55.1 UTC Last Central Line 2091 August 15 at 01:07:30.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2091 August 15 at 01:09:01.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2091 August 15 at 02:44:54.6 UTC
+August 15, 2091 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.02156 Eclipse Obscuration 1.04358 Gamma −0.94897 Sun Right Ascension 09h39m24.9s Sun Declination +14°00'16.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'47.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 09h38m32.0s Moon Declination +13°05'59.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'03.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'54.9" ΔT 115.6 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 August 2091 August 15Ascending node (new moon) August 29Descending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 127 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 139
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2091 A partial solar eclipse on February 18. A total lunar eclipse on March 5. A total solar eclipse on August 15. A total lunar eclipse on August 29.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2087 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 2, 2095
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2084 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 25, 2098
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 8, 2082 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2100
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2102
Solar Saros 127 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 26, 2109
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 25, 2120
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 16, 2178
Solar eclipses of 2091–2094
Saros 127
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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