A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11, 2070, with a magnitude of 1.0472. 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 1.6 days before perigee (on April 12, 2070, at 17:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Yongxing Island, the southern tip of Taiwan, and the Nanpō Islands. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for most of Asia and parts of Alaska, Hawaii, and western 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 11, 2070 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2070 April 10 at 23:59:46.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2070 April 11 at 00:57:51.3 UTC First Central Line 2070 April 11 at 00:58:44.4 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2070 April 11 at 00:59:37.6 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2070 April 11 at 02:06:46.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2070 April 11 at 02:32:21.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2070 April 11 at 02:36:09.4 UTC Greatest Duration 2070 April 11 at 02:39:03.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2070 April 11 at 02:47:19.1 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2070 April 11 at 03:05:15.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2070 April 11 at 04:12:30.9 UTC Last Central Line 2070 April 11 at 04:13:25.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2070 April 11 at 04:14:20.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2070 April 11 at 05:12:23.7 UTC
+April 11, 2070 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.04715 Eclipse Obscuration 1.09653 Gamma 0.36524 Sun Right Ascension 01h19m45.0s Sun Declination +08°24'18.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'57.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 01h19m20.0s Moon Declination +08°45'25.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'27.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'23.9" ΔT 97.7 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 2070 April 11Descending node (new moon) April 25Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 130 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 142
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2070 A total solar eclipse on April 11. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 25. An annular solar eclipse on October 4. A partial lunar eclipse on October 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2061 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 16, 2079
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Solar Saros 130 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2099
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 9, 2157
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
Saros 130
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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