An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, October 13, 2061, with a magnitude of 0.9469. 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 1.1 days before apogee (on April 21, 2061, at 4:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Chile, southern Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for much of South America 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 13, 2061 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2061 October 13 at 08:10:37.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2061 October 13 at 09:55:37.2 UTC First Central Line 2061 October 13 at 10:02:17.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2061 October 13 at 10:10:51.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2061 October 13 at 10:32:09.7 UTC Greatest Duration 2061 October 13 at 10:35:25.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2061 October 13 at 10:43:11.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2061 October 13 at 10:52:48.0 UTC Last Central Line 2061 October 13 at 11:01:25.4 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2061 October 13 at 11:08:09.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2061 October 13 at 11:30:32.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2061 October 13 at 12:53:24.7 UTC
+October 13, 2061 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.94691 Eclipse Obscuration 0.89664 Gamma −0.96393 Sun Right Ascension 13h16m11.1s Sun Declination -08°03'03.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'01.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 13h14m30.5s Moon Declination -08°50'16.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'07.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'30.4" ΔT 91.6 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 September–October 2061 September 29Ascending node (full moon) October 13Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
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 December 26, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2065
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2052 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2070
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2050 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2072
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2090
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 14, 2148
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2061Oct13A.GIF