Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.2894
Magnitude	1.0458
Maximum eclipse
Duration	249 sec (4 m 9 s)
Coordinates	16°06′N 22°12′E / 16.1°N 22.2°E
Max. width of band	159 km (99 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	10:18:45
References
Saros	130 (53 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9583

A total solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2034. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2033-2036

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033-2036
Ascending node			Descending node
120	March 30, 2033 Total		125	September 23, 2033 Partial
130	March 20, 2034 Total		136	September 12, 2034 Annular
140	March 9, 2035 Annular		145	September 2, 2035 Total
150	February 27, 2036 Partial		155	August 21, 2036 Partial
A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 130

It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619.^[1]

Series members 43–56 between 1853 and 2100
43	44	45
November 30, 1853	December 12, 1871	December 22, 1889
46	47	48
January 3, 1908	January 14, 1926	January 25, 1944
49	50	51
February 5, 1962	February 16, 1980	February 26, 1998
52	53	54
March 9, 2016	March 20, 2034	March 30, 2052
55	56
April 11, 2070	April 21, 2088

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).

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	119	121	123	125
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	129	131	133	135
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	139	141	143	145
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	149	151	153	155
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
157
June 1, 2087

References

1. "Saros Series catalog of solar eclipses". NASA.

External links

• NASA graphics