A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 20, 2061, with a magnitude of 1.0475. 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 1.1 days before perigee (on April 21, 2061, at 4:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will begin over Southern Russia and eastern Ukraine at sunrise and the moon shadow will move rapidly in a northeastern direction over west Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region). The shadow will cover the Urals and races over the Arctic Ocean in a north-westerly direction and reaches the Svalbard archipelago. At sunset the eclipse will end just before the coast of Greenland.
The greatest eclipse will be in Russia on the east of Komi Republic (in Europe), ~120 km to south-east of Pechora.
A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Eastern Europe, Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada.
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.
+April 20, 2061 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2061 April 20 at 00:52:32.9 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2061 April 20 at 02:23:47.2 UTC First Central Line 2061 April 20 at 02:27:39.9 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2061 April 20 at 02:32:06.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2061 April 20 at 02:56:49.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2061 April 20 at 03:06:25.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2061 April 20 at 03:45:10.8 UTC Greatest Duration 2061 April 20 at 09:41:30.5 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2061 April 20 at 03:21:00.1 UTC Last Central Line 2061 April 20 at 03:25:27.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2061 April 20 at 03:29:22.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2061 April 20 at 05:00:43.2 UTC
+April 20, 2061 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.04755 Eclipse Obscuration 1.09736 Gamma 0.95776 Sun Right Ascension 01h53m47.8s Sun Declination +11°39'59.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'55.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 01h52m03.2s Moon Declination +12°32'19.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'36.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'56.9" ΔT 91.3 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 April 2061 April 4Descending node (full moon) April 20Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2061 A total lunar eclipse on April 4. A total solar eclipse on April 20. A total lunar eclipse on September 29. An annular solar eclipse on October 13.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 14, 2052 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2070
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2050 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072
Solar Saros 149 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 1, 2079
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2090
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 19, 2148
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
Saros 149
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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