An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 10, 2081, with a magnitude of 0.9304. 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 2.3 days after apogee (on March 8, 2081, at 6:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, southeastern Liberia, southern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the western Central African Republic. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of South America, Antarctica, Africa, and Southern Europe.
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.
+March 10, 2081 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2081 March 10 at 12:22:46.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2081 March 10 at 13:30:23.7 UTC First Central Line 2081 March 10 at 13:33:33.4 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2081 March 10 at 13:36:43.7 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2081 March 10 at 14:57:39.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2081 March 10 at 14:59:36.9 UTC Greatest Duration 2081 March 10 at 15:14:48.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2081 March 10 at 15:19:08.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2081 March 10 at 15:23:30.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2081 March 10 at 15:49:56.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2081 March 10 at 17:10:33.8 UTC Last Central Line 2081 March 10 at 17:13:42.3 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2081 March 10 at 17:16:50.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2081 March 10 at 18:24:21.0 UTC
+March 10, 2081 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.93039 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86563 Gamma −0.36528 Sun Right Ascension 23h25m55.3s Sun Declination -03°40'25.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 23h26m33.6s Moon Declination -03°57'43.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'46.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'13.5" ΔT 106.4 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 March 2081 March 10Ascending node (new moon) March 25Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2081 An annular solar eclipse on March 10. A partial lunar eclipse on March 25. A total solar eclipse on September 3. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 18.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2084
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2072 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 15, 2090
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2092
Solar Saros 131 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2099
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2110
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 10, 2168
Solar eclipses of 2080–2083
Saros 131
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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