A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, March 21, 2080, with a magnitude of 0.8734. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica and Southern Africa.
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 21, 2080 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2080 March 21 at 10:11:39.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2080 March 21 at 11:13:57.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2080 March 21 at 12:08:27.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2080 March 21 at 12:20:15.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2080 March 21 at 14:29:11.4 UTC
+March 21, 2080 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.87343 Eclipse Obscuration 0.82517 Gamma −1.05777 Sun Right Ascension 00h06m37.3s Sun Declination +00°43'02.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'03.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h08m33.2s Moon Declination -00°09'04.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'24.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'31.2" ΔT 105.6 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 March–April 2080 March 21Ascending node (new moon) April 4Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 121 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 133
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2080 A partial solar eclipse on March 21. A total lunar eclipse on April 4. A partial solar eclipse on September 13. A total lunar eclipse on September 29.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2076 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 16, 2071 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 26, 2089
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Solar Saros 121 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 1, 2109
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 21, 2167
Solar eclipses of 2080–2083
Saros 121
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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