Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088

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Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.4135
Magnitude 1.0474
Maximum eclipse
Duration238 s (3 min 58 s)
Coordinates 36°00′N15°06′E / 36°N 15.1°E / 36; 15.1
Max. width of band173 km (107 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:31:49
References
Saros 130 (56 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9706

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 21, 2088, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0474. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days before perigee (on April 23, 2088, at 5:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Cape Verde, Mauritania, Western Sahara, northern Mali, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, southern Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and western China. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [3]

April 21, 2088 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2088 April 21 at 07:56:26.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2088 April 21 at 08:55:25.1 UTC
First Central Line2088 April 21 at 08:56:20.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2088 April 21 at 08:57:16.5 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2088 April 21 at 10:10:39.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2088 April 21 at 10:27:31.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2088 April 21 at 10:31:49.5 UTC
Greatest Duration2088 April 21 at 10:35:01.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2088 April 21 at 10:42:59.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2088 April 21 at 10:52:42.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2088 April 21 at 12:06:12.1 UTC
Last Central Line2088 April 21 at 12:07:09.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2088 April 21 at 12:08:07.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2088 April 21 at 13:07:03.4 UTC
April 21, 2088 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.04745
Eclipse Obscuration1.09715
Gamma0.41352
Sun Right Ascension02h00m30.3s
Sun Declination+12°16'07.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'54.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension02h00m04.9s
Moon Declination+12°40'11.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'25.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'15.3"
ΔT112.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of April–May 2088
April 21
Descending node (new moon)
 May 5
Ascending node (full moon)
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Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 130		 Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 142

Eclipses in 2088

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 130

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2087–2090

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. [4]

The partial solar eclipse on June 1, 2087 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2087 to 2090
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 May 2, 2087
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Partial		1.1139125 October 26, 2087
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Partial		−1.2882
130 April 21, 2088
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Total		0.4135135 October 14, 2088
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Annular		−0.5349
140 April 10, 2089
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Annular		−0.3319145 October 4, 2089
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Total		0.2167
150 March 31, 2090
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Partial		−1.1028155 September 23, 2090
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Total		0.9157

Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200:
414243
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November 9, 1817		 SE1835Nov20T.gif
November 20, 1835		 SE1853Nov30T.gif
November 30, 1853
444546
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December 12, 1871 		SE1889Dec22T.png
December 22, 1889 		SE1908Jan03T.png
January 3, 1908
474849
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January 14, 1926 		SE1944Jan25T.png
January 25, 1944 		SE1962Feb05T.png
February 5, 1962
505152
SE1980Feb16T.png
February 16, 1980 		SE1998Feb26T.png
February 26, 1998 		SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
535455
SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2052Mar30T.png
March 30, 2052 		SE2070Apr11T.png
April 11, 2070
565758
SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088 		SE2106May03T.png
May 3, 2106		 SE2124May14T.png
May 14, 2124
596061
SE2142May25T.png
May 25, 2142		 SE2160Jun04T.png
June 4, 2160		 SE2178Jun16T.png
June 16, 2178
62
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June 26, 2196

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.

22 eclipse events between July 3, 2065 and November 26, 2152
July 3–4April 21–23February 7–8November 26–27September 13–15
118120122124126
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July 3, 2065 		SE2069Apr21P.png
April 21, 2069 		SE2073Feb07P.png
February 7, 2073 		SE2076Nov26P.png
November 26, 2076 		SE2080Sep13P.png
September 13, 2080
128130132134136
SE2084Jul03A.png
July 3, 2084 		SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088 		SE2092Feb07A.png
February 7, 2092 		SE2095Nov27A.png
November 27, 2095 		SE2099Sep14T.png
September 14, 2099
138140142144146
SE2103Jul04A.png
July 4, 2103		 SE2107Apr23A.png
April 23, 2107		 SE2111Feb08T.png
February 8, 2111		 SE2114Nov27A.png
November 27, 2114		 SE2118Sep15T.png
September 15, 2118
148150152154156
Saros148 27van75 SE2122Jul04T.jpg
July 4, 2122		 Saros150 23van71 SE2126Apr22A.jpg
April 22, 2126		 Saros152 19van70 SE2130Feb08T.jpg
February 8, 2130		 Saros154 13van71 SE2133Nov26A.jpg
November 26, 2133		 Saros156 08van69 SE2137Sep15P.jpg
September 15, 2137
158160162164
Saros158 05van70 SE2141Jul03P.jpg
July 3, 2141		 Saros164 04van80 SE2152Nov26P.jpg
November 26, 2152

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1837 and 2200
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April 5, 1837
(Saros 107)		 SE1848Mar05P.gif
March 5, 1848
(Saros 108)		 SE1859Feb03P.png
February 3, 1859
(Saros 109)		 SE1880Dec02P.gif
December 2, 1880
(Saros 111)
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August 31, 1913
(Saros 114)		 SE1924Jul31P.png
July 31, 1924
(Saros 115)		 SE1935Jun30P.png
June 30, 1935
(Saros 116)
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May 30, 1946
(Saros 117)		 SE1957Apr30A.png
April 30, 1957
(Saros 118)		 SE1968Mar28P.png
March 28, 1968
(Saros 119)		 SE1979Feb26T.png
February 26, 1979
(Saros 120)		 SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990
(Saros 121)
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December 25, 2000
(Saros 122)		 SE2011Nov25P.png
November 25, 2011
(Saros 123)		 SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022
(Saros 124)		 SE2033Sep23P.png
September 23, 2033
(Saros 125)		 SE2044Aug23T.png
August 23, 2044
(Saros 126)
SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055
(Saros 127)		 SE2066Jun22A.png
June 22, 2066
(Saros 128)		 SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077
(Saros 129)		 SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088
(Saros 130)		 SE2099Mar21A.png
March 21, 2099
(Saros 131)
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February 18, 2110
(Saros 132)		 SE2121Jan19T.png
January 19, 2121
(Saros 133)		 SE2131Dec19A.png
December 19, 2131
(Saros 134)		 SE2142Nov17A.png
November 17, 2142
(Saros 135)		 SE2153Oct17T.png
October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)
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September 16, 2164
(Saros 137)		 SE2175Aug16A.png
August 16, 2175
(Saros 138)		 SE2186Jul16T.png
July 16, 2186
(Saros 139)		 SE2197Jun15A.png
June 15, 2197
(Saros 140)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)		 SE1856Sep29A.gif
September 29, 1856
(Saros 122)		 SE1885Sep08T.png
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)
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August 21, 1914
(Saros 124)		 SE1943Aug01A.png
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125)		 SE1972Jul10T.png
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)
SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)		 SE2030Jun01A.png
June 1, 2030
(Saros 128)		 SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
(Saros 129)
SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088
(Saros 130)		 SE2117Apr02A.png
April 2, 2117
(Saros 131)		 SE2146Mar12A.png
March 12, 2146
(Saros 132)
SE2175Feb21T.png
February 21, 2175
(Saros 133)

Notes

  1. ↑ "April 21, 2088 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2088 Apr 21". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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