An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 17, 2064, with a magnitude of 0.9262. 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 2.5 days before apogee (on February 15, 2064, at 18:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southeastern Congo, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme northern Zambia, Tanzania, the Seychelles, India, Nepal, northwestern Bangladesh, Bhutan, and China. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for most of Africa and 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 17, 2064 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2064 February 17 at 03:59:12.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2064 February 17 at 05:06:37.9 UTC First Central Line 2064 February 17 at 05:09:55.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2064 February 17 at 05:13:14.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2064 February 17 at 06:33:12.1 UTC Greatest Duration 2064 February 17 at 06:44:39.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2064 February 17 at 07:00:23.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2064 February 17 at 07:04:41.9 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2064 February 17 at 07:21:11.6 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2064 February 17 at 07:27:03.5 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2064 February 17 at 08:47:18.3 UTC Last Central Line 2064 February 17 at 08:50:38.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2064 February 17 at 08:53:57.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2064 February 17 at 10:01:29.1 UTC

+February 17, 2064 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92624 Eclipse Obscuration 0.85792 Gamma 0.35965 Sun Right Ascension 22h02m13.8s Sun Declination -12°01'37.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'11.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h01m38.9s Moon Declination -11°44'08.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'47.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'15.6" ΔT 93.2 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 2064 February 2Descending node (full moon) February 17Ascending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 115 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 141

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2064 A partial lunar eclipse on February 2. An annular solar eclipse on February 17. A partial lunar eclipse on July 28. A total solar eclipse on August 12.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2055 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2073

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075

Solar Saros 141 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2035 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2093

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 19, 2150

Solar eclipses of 2062–2065

Saros 141

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2064Feb17A.GIF