Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033

Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
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Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.9778
Magnitude 1.0462
Maximum eclipse
Duration 2m 37s
Coordinates 71.3N 155.8W
Max. width of band 781 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 18:02:36
References
Saros 120 (62 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9581

A total solar eclipse will occur on March 30, 2033.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2033-2036

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

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033-2036
Ascending node   Descending node
120 March 30, 2033

Total
125 September 23, 2033

Partial
130 March 20, 2034

Total
136 September 12, 2034

Annular
140 March 9, 2035

Annular
145 September 2, 2035

Total
150 February 27, 2036

Partial
155 August 21, 2036

Partial
A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 120

It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 16 seconds on August 12, 1654.[1]

Series members 55-65 occur between 1901 and 2100:

55 56 57

January 14, 1907

January 24, 1925

February 4, 1943
58 59 60

February 15, 1961

February 26, 1979

March 9, 1997
61 62 63

March 20, 2015

March 30, 2033

April 11, 2051
64 65

April 21, 2069

May 2, 2087

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