Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, March 20, 2053,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9919. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5.6 days before perigee (on March 25, 2053, at 21:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.4089
Magnitude0.9919
Maximum eclipse
Duration50 s (0 min 50 s)
Coordinates23°S 83°E / 23°S 83°E / -23; 83
Max. width of band31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:08:19
References
Saros140 (31 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9625

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Indonesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

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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.[3]

March 20, 2053 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 04:23:06.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 05:26:59.8 UTC
First Central Line 2053 March 20 at 05:27:48.3 UTC
Greatest Duration 2053 March 20 at 05:27:48.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 05:28:36.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 06:49:15.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2053 March 20 at 06:53:52.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2053 March 20 at 07:08:19.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2053 March 20 at 07:12:48.2 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 07:27:48.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2053 March 20 at 08:48:15.0 UTC
Last Central Line 2053 March 20 at 08:49:00.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 08:49:45.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2053 March 20 at 09:53:32.9 UTC
March 20, 2053 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.99189
Eclipse Obscuration 0.98385
Gamma −0.40894
Sun Right Ascension 00h00m30.3s
Sun Declination +00°03'17.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'03.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 00h00m59.0s
Moon Declination -00°19'05.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'41.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'37.0"
ΔT 86.0 s

Eclipse season

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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 March 2053
March 4
Ascending node (full moon)
March 20
Descending node (new moon)
   
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 114
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 140
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Eclipses in 2053

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 140

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2051–2054

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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.[4]

The partial solar eclipse on August 3, 2054 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 April 11, 2051
 
Partial
1.0169 125 October 4, 2051
 
Partial
−1.2094
130 March 30, 2052
 
Total
0.3238 135 September 22, 2052
 
Annular
−0.448
140 March 20, 2053
 
Annular
−0.4089 145 September 12, 2053
 
Total
0.314
150 March 9, 2054
 
Partial
−1.1711 155 September 2, 2054
 
Partial
1.0215

Saros 140

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 16, 1512. It contains total eclipses from July 21, 1656 through November 9, 1836; hybrid eclipses from November 20, 1854 through December 23, 1908; and annular eclipses from January 3, 1927 through December 7, 2485. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 1, 2774. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 11 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 53 at 7 minutes, 35 seconds on November 15, 2449. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200:
18 19 20
 
October 29, 1818
 
November 9, 1836
 
November 20, 1854
21 22 23
 
November 30, 1872
 
December 12, 1890
 
December 23, 1908
24 25 26
 
January 3, 1927
 
January 14, 1945
 
January 25, 1963
27 28 29
 
February 4, 1981
 
February 16, 1999
 
February 26, 2017
30 31 32
 
March 9, 2035
 
March 20, 2053
 
March 31, 2071
33 34 35
 
April 10, 2089
 
April 23, 2107
 
May 3, 2125
36 37 38
 
May 14, 2143
 
May 25, 2161
 
June 5, 2179
39
 
June 15, 2197

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1 March 19–20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 120 122 124 126
 
June 1, 2011
 
March 20, 2015
 
January 6, 2019
 
October 25, 2022
 
August 12, 2026
128 130 132 134 136
 
June 1, 2030
 
March 20, 2034
 
January 5, 2038
 
October 25, 2041
 
August 12, 2045
138 140 142 144 146
 
May 31, 2049
 
March 20, 2053
 
January 5, 2057
 
October 24, 2060
 
August 12, 2064
148 150 152 154 156
 
May 31, 2068
 
March 19, 2072
 
January 6, 2076
 
October 24, 2079
 
August 13, 2083
158 160 162 164
 
June 1, 2087
 
October 24, 2098

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
March 4, 1802
(Saros 117)
 
February 1, 1813
(Saros 118)
 
January 1, 1824
(Saros 119)
 
November 30, 1834
(Saros 120)
 
October 30, 1845
(Saros 121)
 
September 29, 1856
(Saros 122)
 
August 29, 1867
(Saros 123)
 
July 29, 1878
(Saros 124)
 
June 28, 1889
(Saros 125)
 
May 28, 1900
(Saros 126)
 
April 28, 1911
(Saros 127)
 
March 28, 1922
(Saros 128)
 
February 24, 1933
(Saros 129)
 
January 25, 1944
(Saros 130)
 
December 25, 1954
(Saros 131)
 
November 23, 1965
(Saros 132)
 
October 23, 1976
(Saros 133)
 
September 23, 1987
(Saros 134)
 
August 22, 1998
(Saros 135)
 
July 22, 2009
(Saros 136)
 
June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)
 
May 21, 2031
(Saros 138)
 
April 20, 2042
(Saros 139)
 
March 20, 2053
(Saros 140)
 
February 17, 2064
(Saros 141)
 
January 16, 2075
(Saros 142)
 
December 16, 2085
(Saros 143)
 
November 15, 2096
(Saros 144)
 
October 16, 2107
(Saros 145)
 
September 15, 2118
(Saros 146)
 
August 15, 2129
(Saros 147)
 
July 14, 2140
(Saros 148)
 
June 14, 2151
(Saros 149)
 
May 14, 2162
(Saros 150)
 
April 12, 2173
(Saros 151)
 
March 12, 2184
(Saros 152)
 
February 10, 2195
(Saros 153)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
August 27, 1821
(Saros 132)
 
August 7, 1850
(Saros 133)
 
July 19, 1879
(Saros 134)
 
June 28, 1908
(Saros 135)
 
June 8, 1937
(Saros 136)
 
May 20, 1966
(Saros 137)
 
April 29, 1995
(Saros 138)
 
April 8, 2024
(Saros 139)
 
March 20, 2053
(Saros 140)
 
February 27, 2082
(Saros 141)
 
February 8, 2111
(Saros 142)
 
January 20, 2140
(Saros 143)
 
December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)
 
December 9, 2197
(Saros 145)

References

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  1. ^ "March 20, 2053 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2053 Mar 20". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 140". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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