An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, March 20, 2053, with a magnitude of 0.9919. 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 5.6 days before perigee (on March 25, 2053, at 21:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Indonesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.
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.
+March 20, 2053 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 04:23:06.2 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 05:26:59.8 UTC First Central Line 2053 March 20 at 05:27:48.3 UTC Greatest Duration 2053 March 20 at 05:27:48.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 05:28:36.8 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 06:49:15.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2053 March 20 at 06:53:52.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2053 March 20 at 07:08:19.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2053 March 20 at 07:12:48.2 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 07:27:48.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 08:48:15.0 UTC Last Central Line 2053 March 20 at 08:49:00.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 08:49:45.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 09:53:32.9 UTC
+March 20, 2053 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.99189 Eclipse Obscuration 0.98385 Gamma −0.40894 Sun Right Ascension 00h00m30.3s Sun Declination +00°03'17.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'03.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h00m59.0s Moon Declination -00°19'05.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'41.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'37.0" ΔT 86.0 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 March 2053 March 4Ascending node (full moon) March 20Descending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 114 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 140
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2053 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 4. An annular solar eclipse on March 20. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 29. A total solar eclipse on September 12.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 2044 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2062
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064
Solar Saros 140 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2035 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 20, 2140
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
Saros 140
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
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