Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062

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Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Partial eclipse
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Map
Gamma −1.0238
Magnitude 0.9331
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°00′S147°06′W / 61°S 147.1°W / -61; -147.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:26:16
References
Saros 121 (63 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9646

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 11, 2062, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9331. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Contents

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for much of Antarctica, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.

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. [2]

March 11, 2062 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2062 March 11 at 02:14:37.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2062 March 11 at 03:22:56.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2062 March 11 at 04:14:52.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2062 March 11 at 04:26:16.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2062 March 11 at 06:38:14.6 UTC
March 11, 2062 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93309
Eclipse Obscuration0.89604
Gamma−1.02380
Sun Right Ascension23h26m28.0s
Sun Declination-03°36'57.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'06.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension23h28m20.0s
Moon Declination-04°27'39.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'26.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'41.5"
ΔT91.9 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 2062
March 11
Ascending node (new moon)
March 25
Descending node (full moon)
SE2062Mar11P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 121
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 133

Eclipses in 2062

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 121

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2062–2065

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. [3]

The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
121 March 11, 2062
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Partial
−1.0238126 September 3, 2062
SE2062Sep03P.png
Partial
1.0191
131 February 28, 2063
SE2063Feb28A.png
Annular
−0.336136 August 24, 2063
SE2063Aug24T.png
Total
0.2771
141 February 17, 2064
SE2064Feb17A.png
Annular
0.3597146 August 12, 2064
SE2064Aug12T.png
Total
−0.4652
151 February 5, 2065
SE2065Feb05P.png
Partial
1.0336156 August 2, 2065
SE2065Aug02P.png
Partial
−1.2759

Saros 121

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 121, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070 through October 9, 1809; hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827 and October 30, 1845; and annular eclipses from November 11, 1863 through February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. 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 39 at 6 minutes, 20 seconds on June 21, 1629, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on February 28, 2044. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 49–70 occur between 1801 and 2200:
495051
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October 9, 1809
SE1827Oct20H.gif
October 20, 1827
SE1845Oct30H.gif
October 30, 1845
525354
SE1863Nov11A.gif
November 11, 1863
SE1881Nov21A.png
November 21, 1881
SE1899Dec03A.png
December 3, 1899
555657
SE1917Dec14A.png
December 14, 1917
SE1935Dec25A.png
December 25, 1935
SE1954Jan05A.png
January 5, 1954
585960
SE1972Jan16A.png
January 16, 1972
SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990
SE2008Feb07A.png
February 7, 2008
616263
SE2026Feb17A.png
February 17, 2026
SE2044Feb28A.png
February 28, 2044
SE2062Mar11P.png
March 11, 2062
646566
SE2080Mar21P.png
March 21, 2080
SE2098Apr01P.png
April 1, 2098
Saros121 66van71 SE2116Apr13P.jpg
April 13, 2116
676869
Saros121 67van71 SE2134Apr24P.jpg
April 24, 2134
Saros121 68van71 SE2152May04P.jpg
May 4, 2152
Saros121 69van71 SE2170May16P.jpg
May 16, 2170
70
Saros121 70van71 SE2188May26P.jpg
May 26, 2188

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
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March 11, 2062
SE2065Dec27P.png
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 2018 and 2200
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July 13, 2018
(Saros 117)
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June 12, 2029
(Saros 118)
SE2040May11P.png
May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)
SE2051Apr11P.png
April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)
SE2062Mar11P.png
March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)
SE2073Feb07P.png
February 7, 2073
(Saros 122)
SE2084Jan07P.png
January 7, 2084
(Saros 123)
SE2094Dec07P.png
December 7, 2094
(Saros 124)
Saros125 59van73 SE2105Nov06P.jpg
November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)
Saros126 53van72 SE2116Oct06P.jpg
October 6, 2116
(Saros 126)
Saros127 64van82 SE2127Sep06P.jpg
September 6, 2127
(Saros 127)
Saros128 65van73 SE2138Aug05P.jpg
August 5, 2138
(Saros 128)
Saros129 59van80 SE2149Jul05T.jpg
July 5, 2149
(Saros 129)
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June 4, 2160
(Saros 130)
SE2171May05A.png
May 5, 2171
(Saros 131)
SE2182Apr03H.png
April 3, 2182
(Saros 132)
SE2193Mar03T.png
March 3, 2193
(Saros 133)

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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September 8, 1801
(Saros 112)
SE1830Aug18P.gif
August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)
SE1859Jul29P.gif
July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)
SE1888Jul09P.gif
July 9, 1888
(Saros 115)
SE1917Jun19P.png
June 19, 1917
(Saros 116)
SE1946May30P.png
May 30, 1946
(Saros 117)
SE1975May11P.png
May 11, 1975
(Saros 118)
SE2004Apr19P.png
April 19, 2004
(Saros 119)
SE2033Mar30T.png
March 30, 2033
(Saros 120)
SE2062Mar11P.png
March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)
SE2091Feb18P.png
February 18, 2091
(Saros 122)
Saros123 59van70 SE2120Jan30P.jpg
January 30, 2120
(Saros 123)
Saros124 62van73 SE2149Jan09P.jpg
January 9, 2149
(Saros 124)
Saros125 63van73 SE2177Dec20P.jpg
December 20, 2177
(Saros 125)

References

  1. "March 11, 2062 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2062 Mar 11". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. 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.
  4. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 121". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.