Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081

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Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Annular eclipse
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Map
Gamma −0.3653
Magnitude 0.9304
Maximum eclipse
Duration456 s (7 min 36 s)
Coordinates 22°24′S36°42′W / 22.4°S 36.7°W / -22.4; -36.7
Max. width of band277 km (172 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:23:31
References
Saros 131 (54 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9689

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 10, 2081, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9304. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.3 days after apogee (on March 8, 2081, at 6:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller. [2]

Contents

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, southeastern Liberia, southern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the western Central African Republic. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of South America, Antarctica, Africa, and Southern Europe.

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]

March 10, 2081 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2081 March 10 at 12:22:46.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2081 March 10 at 13:30:23.7 UTC
First Central Line2081 March 10 at 13:33:33.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2081 March 10 at 13:36:43.7 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2081 March 10 at 14:57:39.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2081 March 10 at 14:59:36.9 UTC
Greatest Duration2081 March 10 at 15:14:48.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2081 March 10 at 15:19:08.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2081 March 10 at 15:23:30.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2081 March 10 at 15:49:56.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2081 March 10 at 17:10:33.8 UTC
Last Central Line2081 March 10 at 17:13:42.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2081 March 10 at 17:16:50.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2081 March 10 at 18:24:21.0 UTC
March 10, 2081 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93039
Eclipse Obscuration0.86563
Gamma−0.36528
Sun Right Ascension23h25m55.3s
Sun Declination-03°40'25.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'06.3"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension23h26m33.6s
Moon Declination-03°57'43.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'46.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'13.5"
ΔT106.4 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 March 2081
March 10
Ascending node (new moon)
March 25
Descending node (full moon)
SE2081Mar10A.png
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

Eclipses in 2081

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 131

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. [4]

The partial solar eclipse on July 15, 2083 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2080 to 2083
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
121 March 21, 2080
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Partial
−1.0578126 September 13, 2080
SE2080Sep13P.png
Partial
1.0723
131 March 10, 2081
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Annular
−0.3653136 September 3, 2081
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Total
0.3378
141 February 27, 2082
SE2082Feb27A.png
Annular
0.3361146 August 24, 2082
SE2082Aug24T.png
Total
−0.4004
151 February 16, 2083
SE2083Feb16P.png
Partial
1.017156 August 13, 2083
SE2083Aug13P.png
Partial
−1.2064

Saros 131

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612; hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702; and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. 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 28 at 58 seconds on May 30, 1612, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 54 seconds on January 26, 2009. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 39–60 occur between 1801 and 2200:
394041
SE1810Sep28A.png
September 28, 1810
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October 9, 1828
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October 20, 1846
424344
SE1864Oct30A.png
October 30, 1864
SE1882Nov10A.png
November 10, 1882
SE1900Nov22A.png
November 22, 1900
454647
SE1918Dec03A.png
December 3, 1918
SE1936Dec13A.png
December 13, 1936
SE1954Dec25A.png
December 25, 1954
484950
SE1973Jan04A.png
January 4, 1973
SE1991Jan15A.png
January 15, 1991
SE2009Jan26A.png
January 26, 2009
515253
SE2027Feb06A.png
February 6, 2027
SE2045Feb16A.png
February 16, 2045
SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063
545556
SE2081Mar10A.png
March 10, 2081
SE2099Mar21A.png
March 21, 2099
SE2117Apr02A.png
April 2, 2117
575859
SE2135Apr13A.png
April 13, 2135
SE2153Apr23A.png
April 23, 2153
SE2171May05A.png
May 5, 2171
60
SE2189May15A.png
May 15, 2189

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.

23 eclipse events between August 3, 2054 and October 16, 2145
August 3–4May 22–24March 10–11December 27–29October 14–16
117119121123125
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August 3, 2054
SE2058May22P.png
May 22, 2058
SE2062Mar11P.png
March 11, 2062
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December 27, 2065
SE2069Oct15P.png
October 15, 2069
127129131133135
SE2073Aug03T.png
August 3, 2073
SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077
SE2081Mar10A.png
March 10, 2081
SE2084Dec27T.png
December 27, 2084
SE2088Oct14A.png
October 14, 2088
137139141143145
SE2092Aug03A.png
August 3, 2092
SE2096May22T.png
May 22, 2096
SE2100Mar10A.png
March 10, 2100
SE2103Dec29A.png
December 29, 2103
SE2107Oct16T.png
October 16, 2107
147149151153155
SE2111Aug04A.png
August 4, 2111
SE2115May24T.png
May 24, 2115
Saros151 20van72 SE2119Mar11A.jpg
March 11, 2119
Saros153 15van70 SE2122Dec28A.jpg
December 28, 2122
SE2126Oct16T.png
October 16, 2126
157159161163165
Saros157 05van70 SE2130Aug04P.jpg
August 4, 2130
Saros159 01van70 SE2134May23P.jpg
May 23, 2134
Saros165 01van72 SE2145Oct16P.jpg
October 16, 2145

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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March 25, 1819
(Saros 107)
SE1830Feb23P.gif
February 23, 1830
(Saros 108)
SE1841Jan22P.gif
January 22, 1841
(Saros 109)
SE1862Nov21P.gif
November 21, 1862
(Saros 111)
SE1895Aug20P.gif
August 20, 1895
(Saros 114)
SE1906Jul21P.png
July 21, 1906
(Saros 115)
SE1917Jun19P.png
June 19, 1917
(Saros 116)
SE1928May19T.png
May 19, 1928
(Saros 117)
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April 19, 1939
(Saros 118)
SE1950Mar18A.png
March 18, 1950
(Saros 119)
SE1961Feb15T.png
February 15, 1961
(Saros 120)
SE1972Jan16A.png
January 16, 1972
(Saros 121)
SE1982Dec15P.png
December 15, 1982
(Saros 122)
SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993
(Saros 123)
SE2004Oct14P.png
October 14, 2004
(Saros 124)
SE2015Sep13P.png
September 13, 2015
(Saros 125)
SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
(Saros 126)
SE2037Jul13T.png
July 13, 2037
(Saros 127)
SE2048Jun11A.png
June 11, 2048
(Saros 128)
SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
(Saros 129)
SE2070Apr11T.png
April 11, 2070
(Saros 130)
SE2081Mar10A.png
March 10, 2081
(Saros 131)
SE2092Feb07A.png
February 7, 2092
(Saros 132)
SE2103Jan08T.png
January 8, 2103
(Saros 133)
SE2113Dec08A.png
December 8, 2113
(Saros 134)
SE2124Nov06A.png
November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)
SE2135Oct07T.png
October 7, 2135
(Saros 136)
SE2146Sep06A.png
September 6, 2146
(Saros 137)
SE2157Aug05A.png
August 5, 2157
(Saros 138)
SE2168Jul05T.png
July 5, 2168
(Saros 139)
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June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)
SE2190May04A.png
May 4, 2190
(Saros 141)

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
SE1820Sep07A.png
September 7, 1820
(Saros 122)
SE1849Aug18T.gif
August 18, 1849
(Saros 123)
SE1878Jul29T.png
July 29, 1878
(Saros 124)
SE1907Jul10A.png
July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)
SE1936Jun19T.png
June 19, 1936
(Saros 126)
SE1965May30T.png
May 30, 1965
(Saros 127)
SE1994May10A.png
May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)
SE2023Apr20H.png
April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)
SE2052Mar30T.png
March 30, 2052
(Saros 130)
SE2081Mar10A.png
March 10, 2081
(Saros 131)
SE2110Feb18A.png
February 18, 2110
(Saros 132)
SE2139Jan30T.png
January 30, 2139
(Saros 133)
SE2168Jan10A.png
January 10, 2168
(Saros 134)
SE2196Dec19A.png
December 19, 2196
(Saros 135)

References

  1. "March 10, 2081 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2081 Mar 10". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 23 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 131". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.