A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, February 18, 2091, with a magnitude of 0.6558. 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 Europe, North Africa, and Central 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 18, 2091 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2091 February 18 at 07:53:39.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2091 February 18 at 09:41:09.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2091 February 18 at 09:54:39.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2091 February 18 at 10:31:28.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2091 February 18 at 11:55:26.8 UTC
+February 18, 2091 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.65581 Eclipse Obscuration 0.55496 Gamma 1.17790 Sun Right Ascension 22h08m17.5s Sun Declination -11°28'13.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'11.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h07m09.8s Moon Declination -10°25'58.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'56.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'50.7" ΔT 115.1 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 2091 February 18Descending node (new moon) March 5Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2091 A partial solar eclipse on February 18. A total lunar eclipse on March 5. A total solar eclipse on August 15. A total lunar eclipse on August 29.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 13, 2082 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 24, 2100
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2102
Solar Saros 122 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 1, 2109
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 30, 2120
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 20, 2177
Solar eclipses of 2091–2094
Saros 122
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics