Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052

Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.3238
Magnitude	1.0466
Maximum eclipse
Duration	248 sec (4 m 8 s)
Coordinates	22°24′N 102°30′W / 22.4°N 102.5°W
Max. width of band	164 km (102 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	18:31:53
References
Saros	130 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9623

A total solar eclipse will occur on March 30, 2052. 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. The path of totality will cross central Mexico and the southeastern states of the United States. Almost all of North America and the northern edge of South America will see a partial eclipse. It will be the 2nd total eclipse visible from the Florida Panhandle and southwest Georgia 7 years.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2051-2054

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.

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 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

Notes

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

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements