| Solar eclipse of March 21, 2099 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.4016 |
| Magnitude | 0.93 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 7m 32s |
| Coordinates | 20S 149W |
| Max. width of band | 275 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 22:54:32 |
| References | |
| Saros | 131 (55 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9731 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on March 21, 2099. 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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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| 121 | April 1, 2098 Partial |
126 | September 25, 2098 Partial |
| 131 | March 21, 2099 Annular |
136 | September 14, 2099 Total |
| 141 | March 10, 2100 Annular |
146 | September 4, 2100 Total |
