Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060

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Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.2422
Magnitude 1.066
Maximum eclipse
Duration315 s (5 min 15 s)
Coordinates 28°00′N20°54′E / 28°N 20.9°E / 28; 20.9
Max. width of band222 km (138 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:10:00
References
Saros 139 (32 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9642

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, April 30, 2060, [1] with a magnitude of 1.066. 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 18 hours after perigee (on April 29, 2060, at 15:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, eastern Burkina Faso, northwestern Nigeria, Niger, northwestern Chad, Libya, northwestern Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, northwestern Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for much of eastern Brazil, Africa, Europe, and 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 30, 2060 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2060 April 30 at 07:33:37.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2060 April 30 at 08:28:28.1 UTC
First Central Line2060 April 30 at 08:29:48.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2060 April 30 at 08:31:08.2 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2060 April 30 at 09:28:50.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2060 April 30 at 10:09:59.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2060 April 30 at 10:12:28.4 UTC
Greatest Duration2060 April 30 at 10:14:55.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2060 April 30 at 10:21:02.0 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2060 April 30 at 10:50:53.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2060 April 30 at 11:48:45.5 UTC
Last Central Line2060 April 30 at 11:50:04.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2060 April 30 at 11:51:24.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2060 April 30 at 12:46:19.7 UTC
April 30, 2060 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.06600
Eclipse Obscuration1.13636
Gamma0.24217
Sun Right Ascension02h33m38.4s
Sun Declination+15°04'16.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'52.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension02h33m13.6s
Moon Declination+15°17'46.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'38.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'05.8"
ΔT90.6 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 2060
April 15
Descending node (full moon)
April 30
Ascending node (new moon)
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 113
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 139

Eclipses in 2060

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 139

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2058–2061

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 21, 2058 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2058 to 2061
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 May 22, 2058
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Partial
−1.3194124 November 16, 2058
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Partial
1.1224
129 May 11, 2059
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Total
−0.508134 November 5, 2059
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Annular
0.4454
139 April 30, 2060
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Total
0.2422144 October 24, 2060
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Annular
−0.2625
149 April 20, 2061
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Total
0.9578154 October 13, 2061
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Annular
−0.9639

Saros 139

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. 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 will be produced by member 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000. [5] All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [6]

Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200:
181920
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November 29, 1807
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December 9, 1825
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December 21, 1843
212223
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December 31, 1861
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January 11, 1880
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January 22, 1898
242526
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February 3, 1916
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February 14, 1934
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February 25, 1952
272829
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March 7, 1970
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March 18, 1988
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March 29, 2006
303132
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April 8, 2024
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April 20, 2042
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April 30, 2060
333435
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May 11, 2078
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May 22, 2096
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June 3, 2114
363738
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June 13, 2132
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June 25, 2150
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July 5, 2168
39
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July 16, 2186

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 ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13April 30–May 1February 16–17December 5–6September 22–23
117119121123125
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July 13, 2018
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April 30, 2022
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February 17, 2026
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December 5, 2029
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September 23, 2033
127129131133135
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July 13, 2037
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April 30, 2041
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February 16, 2045
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December 5, 2048
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September 22, 2052
137139141143145
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July 12, 2056
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April 30, 2060
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February 17, 2064
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December 6, 2067
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September 23, 2071
147149151153155
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July 13, 2075
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May 1, 2079
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February 16, 2083
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December 6, 2086
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September 23, 2090
157
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July 12, 2094

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 1801 and 2200
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April 14, 1809
(Saros 116)
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March 14, 1820
(Saros 117)
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February 12, 1831
(Saros 118)
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January 11, 1842
(Saros 119)
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December 11, 1852
(Saros 120)
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November 11, 1863
(Saros 121)
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October 10, 1874
(Saros 122)
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September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)
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August 9, 1896
(Saros 124)
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July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)
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June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)
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May 9, 1929
(Saros 127)
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April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)
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March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)
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February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)
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January 4, 1973
(Saros 131)
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December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)
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November 3, 1994
(Saros 133)
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October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)
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September 1, 2016
(Saros 135)
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August 2, 2027
(Saros 136)
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July 2, 2038
(Saros 137)
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May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)
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April 30, 2060
(Saros 139)
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March 31, 2071
(Saros 140)
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February 27, 2082
(Saros 141)
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January 27, 2093
(Saros 142)
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December 29, 2103
(Saros 143)
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November 27, 2114
(Saros 144)
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October 26, 2125
(Saros 145)
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September 26, 2136
(Saros 146)
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August 26, 2147
(Saros 147)
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July 25, 2158
(Saros 148)
Saros149 29van71 SE2169Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2169
(Saros 149)
Saros150 26van71 SE2180May24A.jpg
May 24, 2180
(Saros 150)
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April 23, 2191
(Saros 151)

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 9, 1828
(Saros 131)
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September 18, 1857
(Saros 132)
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August 29, 1886
(Saros 133)
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August 10, 1915
(Saros 134)
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July 20, 1944
(Saros 135)
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June 30, 1973
(Saros 136)
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June 10, 2002
(Saros 137)
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May 21, 2031
(Saros 138)
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April 30, 2060
(Saros 139)
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April 10, 2089
(Saros 140)
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March 22, 2118
(Saros 141)
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March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)
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February 10, 2176
(Saros 143)

Notes

  1. "April 30, 2060 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2060 Apr 30". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 17 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. Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, −3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espenak.
  6. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 139". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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