An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, October 4, 2070, with a magnitude of 0.9731. 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 6.1 days before apogee (on October 10, 2070, at 8:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Madagascar. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
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.
+October 4, 2070 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2070 October 4 at 04:21:51.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2070 October 4 at 05:29:10.0 UTC First Central Line 2070 October 4 at 05:30:38.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2070 October 4 at 05:32:07.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2070 October 4 at 07:03:22.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2070 October 4 at 07:08:56.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2070 October 4 at 07:26:25.7 UTC Greatest Duration 2070 October 4 at 07:44:44.1 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2070 October 4 at 08:45:30.7 UTC Last Central Line 2070 October 4 at 08:47:02.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2070 October 4 at 08:48:34.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2070 October 4 at 09:56:00.9 UTC
+October 4, 2070 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.97311 Eclipse Obscuration 0.94694 Gamma −0.49496 Sun Right Ascension 12h42m00.6s Sun Declination -04°30'57.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'59.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h41m27.3s Moon Declination -04°57'29.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'20.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'19.0" ΔT 98.1 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 October 2070 October 4Ascending node (new moon) October 19Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2070 A total solar eclipse on April 11. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 25. An annular solar eclipse on October 4. A partial lunar eclipse on October 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 10, 2079
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081
Solar Saros 135 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1983 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 5, 2157
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
Saros 135
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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