Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, March 21, 2080, with a magnitude of 0.8734. 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 21, 2080
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0578
Magnitude0.8734
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates60.9°S 85.9°E / -60.9; 85.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse12:20:15
References
Saros121 (64 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9687

Eclipses in 2080

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros
  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 16, 2071
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 26, 2089

Tritos

Solar Saros 121

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2080–2083

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]

121March 21, 2080

Partial		 126September 13, 2080

Partial
131March 10, 2081

Annular		 136September 3, 2081

Total
141February 27, 2082

Annular		 146August 24, 2082

Total
151February 16, 2083

Partial		 156August 13, 2083

Partial

Saros 121

Solar saros 121, repeating every about 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070, to October 9, 1809. It contains hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827, and October 30, 1845. It contains annular eclipses from November 11, 1863, to February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. The longest total eclipse occurred on June 21, 1629, with greatest duration of totality at 6 minutes and 20 seconds. The longest annular eclipse will occur on February 28, 2044, with greatest duration of annularity at 2 minutes and 27 seconds.[2]

Series members 49–65 occur between 1801 and 2100:
49 50 51

October 9, 1809
October 20, 1827
October 30, 1845
52 53 54

November 11, 1863
November 21, 1881
December 3, 1899
55 56 57

December 14, 1917
December 25, 1935
January 5, 1954
58 59 60

January 16, 1972
January 26, 1990
February 7, 2008
61 62 63

February 17, 2026
February 28, 2044
March 11, 2062
64 65

March 21, 2080
April 1, 2098

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.
  2. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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