Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053
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Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.4089
Magnitude 0.9919
Maximum eclipse
Duration 0m 50s
Coordinates 23S 83E
Max. width of band 31 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 7:08:19
References
Saros 140 (31 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9625

An annular solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2053. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2051-2054

This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.

120 April 11, 2051

Partial
125 October 4, 2051

Partial
130 March 30, 2052

Total
135 September 22, 2052

Annular
140 March 20, 2053

Annular
145 September 12, 2053

Total
150 March 9, 2054

Partial
155 September 2, 2054

Partial

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

This series has 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087.

May 31 – June 1 March 20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 119 121 123 125

June 1, 2011

March 20, 2015

January 6, 2019

October 25, 2022

August 12, 2026
128 129 131 133 135

June 1, 2030

March 20, 2034

January 5, 2038

October 25, 2041

August 12, 2045
138 139 141 143 145

May 31, 2049

March 20, 2053

January 5, 2057

October 24, 2060

August 12, 2064
148 149 151 153 155

May 31, 2068

March 19, 2072

January 6, 2076

October 24, 2079

August 13, 2083
157

June 1, 2087

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