Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, April 21, 2069, with a magnitude of 0.8992. 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 April 21, 2069
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0624
Magnitude0.8992
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°N 101.3°W / 71; -101.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:11:09
References
Saros120 (64 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9663

Eclipses in 2069

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros
  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 27, 2078

Tritos

Solar Saros 120

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2069–2072

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]

120April 21, 2069

Partial		 125October 15, 2069

Partial
130April 11, 2070

Total		 135October 4, 2070

Annular
140March 31, 2071

Annular		 145September 23, 2071

Total
150March 19, 2072

Partial		 155September 12, 2072

Total

Saros 120

This eclipse 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, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.

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

References
  1. 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.
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