An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, October 24, 2060, with a magnitude of 0.9277. 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 18 hours before apogee (on October 25, 2060, at 1:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Annobón Natural Reserve, Angola, northeastern Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Brazil, Africa, 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.
+October 24, 2060 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2060 October 24 at 06:19:40.5 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2060 October 24 at 07:26:08.2 UTC First Central Line 2060 October 24 at 07:29:18.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2060 October 24 at 07:32:29.2 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2060 October 24 at 08:43:57.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2060 October 24 at 09:24:10.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2060 October 24 at 09:27:20.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2060 October 24 at 09:39:25.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2060 October 24 at 09:41:30.5 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2060 October 24 at 10:04:00.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2060 October 24 at 11:15:41.4 UTC Last Central Line 2060 October 24 at 11:18:52.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2060 October 24 at 11:22:03.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2060 October 24 at 12:28:35.3 UTC
+October 24, 2060 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92766 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86055 Gamma −0.26249 Sun Right Ascension 13h58m17.5s Sun Declination -12°04'28.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'04.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 13h57m52.2s Moon Declination -12°17'09.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'42.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°53'57.3" ΔT 91.0 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of October–November 2060 October 9Ascending node (full moon) October 24Descending node (new moon) November 8Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2060 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 15. A total solar eclipse on April 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 9. An annular solar eclipse on October 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2051 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2069
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071
Solar Saros 144 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2078
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2089
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 26, 2147
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
Saros 144
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2060Oct24A.GIF