A partial solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, March 11, 2062. 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.
| Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.0238 |
| Magnitude | 0.9331 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°00′S 147°06′W / 61°S 147.1°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:26:16 |
| References | |
| Saros | 121 (63 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9646 |
Related eclipses (2062–2065) edit
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
| 121 | March 11, 2062 Partial |
126 | September 3, 2062 Partial |
| 131 | February 28, 2063 Annular |
136 | August 24, 2063 Total |
| 141 | February 17, 2064 Annular |
146 | August 12, 2064 Total |
| 151 | February 5, 2065 Partial |
156 | August 2, 2065 Partial |
References edit
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links edit
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