A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 9, 2054, with a magnitude of 0.6678. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, South Africa, and southern Madagascar.
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 9, 2054 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2054 March 9 at 10:32:08.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2054 March 9 at 11:50:36.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2054 March 9 at 12:33:40.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2054 March 9 at 12:47:06.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2054 March 9 at 14:35:28.0 UTC
+March 9, 2054 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.66783 Eclipse Obscuration 0.56962 Gamma −1.17111 Sun Right Ascension 23h20m07.5s Sun Declination -04°17'25.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 23h21m24.6s Moon Declination -05°18'27.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'55.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'47.2" ΔT 86.6 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 February–March 2054 February 22Ascending node (full moon) March 9Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2054 A total lunar eclipse on February 22. A partial solar eclipse on March 9. A partial solar eclipse on August 3. A total lunar eclipse on August 18. A partial solar eclipse on September 2.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2050 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2045 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 8, 2141
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics