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, 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.
| Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053 | |
|---|---|
Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.4089 |
| Magnitude | 0.9919 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 50 s (0 min 50 s) |
| Coordinates | 23°S 83°E |
| Max. width of band | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:08:19 |
| References | |
| Saros | 140 (31 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9625 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2053
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 4, 2053.
- An annular solar eclipse on March 20, 2053.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 29, 2053.
- A total solar eclipse on September 12, 2053.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 2044
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2062
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064
Solar Saros 140
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2035
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 20, 2140
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
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]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 120 | April 11, 2051 Partial |
125 | October 4, 2051 Partial | |
| 130 | March 30, 2052 Total |
135 | September 22, 2052 Annular | |
| 140 | March 20, 2053 Annular |
145 | September 12, 2053 Total | |
| 150 | March 9, 2054 Partial |
155 | September 2, 2054 Partial | |
Saros 140
It is a part of Saros cycle 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with 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. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692.
| Series members 23–53 occur between 1901 and 2450: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
December 23, 1908 |
January 3, 1927 |
January 14, 1945 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
January 25, 1963 |
February 4, 1981 |
February 16, 1999 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
February 26, 2017 |
March 9, 2035 |
March 20, 2053 |
| 32 | 33 | 34 |
March 31, 2071 |
April 10, 2089 |
April 23, 2107 |
| 35 | 36 | 37 |
May 3, 2125 |
May 14, 2143 |
May 25, 2161 |
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
June 5, 2179 |
June 15, 2197 |
June 28, 2215 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
July 8, 2233 |
July 19, 2251 |
July 29, 2269 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
August 10, 2287 |
August 21, 2305 |
September 1, 2323 |
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
September 12, 2341 |
September 23, 2359 |
October 3, 2377 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
October 14, 2395 |
October 25, 2413 |
November 5, 2431 |
| 53 | ||
| November 15, 2449 | ||
Metonic series
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.
| 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 166 |
June 1, 2087 |
October 24, 2098 |
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References
- 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.
