An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, February 28, 2063, with a magnitude of 0.9293. 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 2.7 days after apogee (on February 25, 2063, at 16:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Prince Edward Islands, western Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and the southern Philippines. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Southern Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
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.
+February 28, 2063 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2063 February 28 at 04:42:05.6 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2063 February 28 at 05:49:10.0 UTC First Central Line 2063 February 28 at 05:52:20.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2063 February 28 at 05:55:31.6 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 February 28 at 07:12:40.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2063 February 28 at 07:22:27.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2063 February 28 at 07:28:49.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2063 February 28 at 07:39:28.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2063 February 28 at 07:43:30.0 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 February 28 at 08:14:50.6 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2063 February 28 at 09:31:42.9 UTC Last Central Line 2063 February 28 at 09:34:52.1 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2063 February 28 at 09:38:00.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2063 February 28 at 10:44:59.0 UTC
+February 28, 2063 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92926 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86352 Gamma −0.33604 Sun Right Ascension 22h45m11.8s Sun Declination -07°54'42.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h45m46.2s Moon Declination -08°10'47.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'47.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'17.7" ΔT 92.6 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 2063 February 27Ascending node (new moon) March 14Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2063 An annular solar eclipse on February 28. A partial lunar eclipse on March 14. A total solar eclipse on August 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 7.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2054 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2072
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074
Solar Saros 131 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2092
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 2149
Solar eclipses of 2062–2065
Saros 131
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links Graphic, NASA