Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

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Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034
Total eclipse
SE2034Mar20T.png
Map
Gamma 0.2894
Magnitude 1.0458
Maximum eclipse
Duration249 s (4 min 9 s)
Coordinates 16°06′N22°12′E / 16.1°N 22.2°E / 16.1; 22.2
Max. width of band159 km (99 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:18:45
References
Saros 130 (53 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9583

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 20, 2034, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0458. 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 1.3 days before perigee (on March 21, 2034, at 18:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

Contents

Totality will be visible from the extreme southern tip of Benin, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and western China. [3] A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern Brazil, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. Coincidentally, The eclipse passes through many Islamic countries around the date of Islamic New Year (estimated around March 20–21 according to local traditions, time zone and atmospheric conditions), and also passes through Iran only a few hours before the vernal equinox, marking the beginning of the Persian New Year. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11–12 days shorter than the solar year that the Iranian calendar observes, the Islamic New Year rotates through the seasons of the year, while the Persian one is on nearly fixed date on Gregorian calendar. It is an extremely rare case that the two new years meet.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing total eclipse

Solar Eclipse of March 20, 2034
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 09:02:2010:18:3710:20:0010:21:2211:48:042:452:461.0088
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Benin City 09:04:5510:23:1710:24:1510:25:1211:53:411:552:491.0036
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Akure 09:05:3010:23:1610:24:4110:26:0711:54:002:512:491.009
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lokoja 09:08:1010:26:5610:28:3610:30:1811:58:513:222:511.0137
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Makurdi 09:10:3210:31:0510:32:1610:33:2712:03:242:222:531.0053
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lafia 09:11:3210:31:3410:33:2410:35:1412:04:353:402:531.0181
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Gombe 09:17:5910:40:3810:42:0010:43:2212:14:172:442:561.0068
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Maroua 09:23:3910:49:3510:49:5010:50:0512:23:000:302:591.0004
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad N'Djamena 09:27:1110:52:0410:53:5810:55:5412:27:083:503:001.0159
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Hafar Al-Batin 12:58:5514:21:4614:22:4814:23:5015:38:542:042:401.005
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Bushehr 13:39:2514:59:5115:00:4215:01:3216:13:481:412:341.0036
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Shiraz 13:43:1315:02:0215:03:1815:04:3416:15:142:322:321.0097
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Farah 15:00:5016:13:2316:14:3616:15:4917:20:492:262:201.0134
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Ghazni 15:09:3816:18:4316:19:3916:20:3617:22:431:532:131.008
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Khost 15:11:3216:19:4116:20:4816:21:5517:23:122:142:121.0152
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 15:43:2016:50:4816:51:3716:52:2517:53:151:372:101.0058
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Charsadda 15:43:3116:51:1316:51:4016:52:0817:53:120:552:101.0019
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Attock 15:44:1716:51:0716:52:1216:53:1717:53:302:102:091.016
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mansehra 15:45:0416:52:0916:52:2716:52:4417:53:210:352:081.001
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Havelian 15:45:0516:51:3516:52:3316:53:3017:53:291:552:081.0096
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Muzaffarabad 15:45:2116:52:1816:52:3516:52:5217:53:230:342:081.001
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad 15:45:0416:51:3416:52:3816:53:4217:53:382:082:091.0149
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rawalpindi 15:45:0516:51:3916:52:4016:53:4017:53:412:012:091.0116
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ausia 15:45:2616:51:4316:52:4516:53:4617:53:332:032:081.0125
Flag of India.svg  India Baramulla 16:16:1817:22:1317:23:0817:24:0118:23:341:482:071.0084
Flag of India.svg  India Sopore 16:16:2417:22:2117:23:0917:23:5718:23:321:362:071.0064
Flag of India.svg  India Srinagar 16:16:4917:22:2417:23:2617:24:2718:23:412:032:071.014
Flag of India.svg  India Shopian 16:16:5617:22:4017:23:3517:24:3018:23:511:502:071.0091
Flag of India.svg  India Anantnag 16:17:1517:22:5017:23:4417:24:3818:23:521:482:071.0087
Flag of India.svg  India Leh 16:19:2617:23:4117:24:4117:25:4018:23:481:592:041.0153
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of March 20, 2034
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Fortaleza 05:38:11 (sunrise)05:40:2006:35:040:5788.56%
Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia Monrovia 07:51:0208:58:0910:15:022:2485.75%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 07:54:5609:06:0210:27:312:3389.49%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Abidjan 07:54:0409:06:0410:28:362:3596.30%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Accra 07:57:3509:12:2610:37:562:4099.71%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Lomé 07:59:4009:15:4010:42:162:4399.62%
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 08:00:5609:18:2010:45:312:4577.86%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Porto-Novo 09:01:3410:18:4111:46:172:4599.98%
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Malabo 09:06:2910:27:0011:57:032:5187.07%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 09:10:5310:32:0312:02:422:5299.16%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Yaoundé 09:10:5210:33:0012:03:532:5382.66%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Garoua 09:20:1310:45:3412:18:312:5898.16%
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Abéché 09:41:0111:10:5712:43:573:0398.79%
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Khartoum 11:11:4412:43:0514:10:402:5981.03%
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo 11:31:0712:55:4814:16:452:4673.28%
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 13:00:4614:21:3915:35:552:3581.20%
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 12:57:3414:22:2515:38:562:4190.20%
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Kuwait City 13:03:5414:26:2315:41:002:3799.84%
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Manama 13:07:2414:29:3615:43:182:3691.27%
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Doha 13:09:0514:30:4815:43:522:3586.40%
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran 13:45:0815:01:5216:11:472:2780.26%
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Dubai 14:17:2215:36:2516:46:512:2981.99%
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Ashgabat 15:26:5816:39:2217:45:172:1877.97%
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Tashkent 15:40:3816:46:2817:46:482:0671.91%
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Dushanbe 15:39:5516:47:4317:49:252:1082.19%
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 15:10:2816:19:5017:22:262:1298.17%
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Lahore 15:47:0416:54:0817:54:332:0793.62%
Flag of India.svg  India New Delhi 16:21:3017:26:3218:24:582:0380.38%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lhasa 19:01:0819:59:2320:06:40 (sunset)1:0682.05%
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Kathmandu 16:44:0717:44:3518:14:51 (sunset)1:3174.64%
References: [1]

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. [4]

March 20, 2034 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2034 March 20 at 07:41:11.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2034 March 20 at 08:38:09.7 UTC
First Central Line2034 March 20 at 08:38:58.0 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2034 March 20 at 08:39:46.4 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2034 March 20 at 09:41:21.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2034 March 20 at 10:15:45.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2034 March 20 at 10:18:45.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2034 March 20 at 10:19:41.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2034 March 20 at 10:28:24.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2034 March 20 at 10:55:53.9 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2034 March 20 at 11:57:34.8 UTC
Last Central Line2034 March 20 at 11:58:24.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2034 March 20 at 11:59:14.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2034 March 20 at 12:56:10.5 UTC
March 20, 2034 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.04582
Eclipse Obscuration1.09374
Gamma0.28942
Sun Right Ascension23h59m32.7s
Sun Declination-00°02'58.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'03.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension23h59m11.3s
Moon Declination+00°13'42.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'31.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'39.3"
ΔT75.7 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–April 2034
March 20
Descending node (new moon)
 April 3
Ascending node (full moon)
SE2034Mar20T.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2034Apr03.png
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 130		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 142

Eclipses in 2034

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 130

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2033–2036

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. [5]

The partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 March 30, 2033
SE2033Mar30T.png
Total		0.9778125 September 23, 2033
SE2033Sep23P.png
Partial		−1.1583
130 March 20, 2034
SE2034Mar20T.png
Total		0.2894135 September 12, 2034
SE2034Sep12A.png
Annular		−0.3936
140 March 9, 2035
SE2035Mar09A.png
Annular		−0.4368145 September 2, 2035
SE2035Sep02T.png
Total		0.3727
150 February 27, 2036
SE2036Feb27P.png
Partial		−1.1942155 August 21, 2036
SE2036Aug21P.png
Partial		1.0825

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. [6]

Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200:
414243
SE1817Nov09T.gif
November 9, 1817		 SE1835Nov20T.gif
November 20, 1835		 SE1853Nov30T.gif
November 30, 1853
444546
SE1871Dec12T.gif
December 12, 1871 		SE1889Dec22T.png
December 22, 1889 		SE1908Jan03T.png
January 3, 1908
474849
SE1926Jan14T.png
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
SE2196Jun26T.png
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 June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1March 19–20January 5–6October 24–25August 12–13
118120122124126
SE2011Jun01P.png
June 1, 2011 		SE2015Mar20T.png
March 20, 2015 		SE2019Jan06P.png
January 6, 2019 		SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022 		SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
128130132134136
SE2030Jun01A.png
June 1, 2030 		SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038 		SE2041Oct25A.png
October 25, 2041 		SE2045Aug12T.png
August 12, 2045
138140142144146
SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049 		SE2053Mar20A.png
March 20, 2053 		SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057 		SE2060Oct24A.png
October 24, 2060 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
148150152154156
SE2068May31T.png
May 31, 2068 		SE2072Mar19P.png
March 19, 2072 		SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076 		SE2079Oct24A.png
October 24, 2079 		SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
158160162164
SE2087Jun01P.png
June 1, 2087 		SE2098Oct24P.png
October 24, 2098

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
SE1805Jan01P.gif
January 1, 1805
(Saros 109)		 SE1826Oct31P.gif
October 31, 1826
(Saros 111)		 SE1848Aug28P.gif
August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)
SE1859Jul29P.gif
July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)		 SE1870Jun28P.gif
June 28, 1870
(Saros 115)		 SE1881May27P.gif
May 27, 1881
(Saros 116)		 SE1892Apr26T.png
April 26, 1892
(Saros 117)		 SE1903Mar29A.png
March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)
SE1914Feb25A.png
February 25, 1914
(Saros 119)		 SE1925Jan24T.png
January 24, 1925
(Saros 120)		 SE1935Dec25A.png
December 25, 1935
(Saros 121)		 SE1946Nov23P.png
November 23, 1946
(Saros 122)		 SE1957Oct23T.png
October 23, 1957
(Saros 123)
SE1968Sep22T.png
September 22, 1968
(Saros 124)		 SE1979Aug22A.png
August 22, 1979
(Saros 125)		 SE1990Jul22T.png
July 22, 1990
(Saros 126)		 SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)		 SE2012May20A.png
May 20, 2012
(Saros 128)
SE2023Apr20H.png
April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)		 SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)		 SE2045Feb16A.png
February 16, 2045
(Saros 131)		 SE2056Jan16A.png
January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)		 SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)
SE2077Nov15A.png
November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)		 SE2088Oct14A.png
October 14, 2088
(Saros 135)		 SE2099Sep14T.png
September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)		 SE2110Aug15A.png
August 15, 2110
(Saros 137)		 SE2121Jul14A.png
July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
SE2132Jun13T.png
June 13, 2132
(Saros 139)		 SE2143May14A.png
May 14, 2143
(Saros 140)		 SE2154Apr12A.png
April 12, 2154
(Saros 141)		 SE2165Mar12T.png
March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)		 SE2176Feb10A.png
February 10, 2176
(Saros 143)
SE2187Jan09A.png
January 9, 2187
(Saros 144)		 SE2197Dec09T.png
December 9, 2197
(Saros 145)

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
SE1802Aug28A.png
August 28, 1802
(Saros 122)		 SE1831Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1831
(Saros 123)		 SE1860Jul18T.png
July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)
SE1889Jun28A.png
June 28, 1889
(Saros 125)		 SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)		 SE1947May20T.png
May 20, 1947
(Saros 127)
SE1976Apr29A.png
April 29, 1976
(Saros 128)		 SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)		 SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)
SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063
(Saros 131)		 SE2092Feb07A.png
February 7, 2092
(Saros 132)		 SE2121Jan19T.png
January 19, 2121
(Saros 133)
SE2149Dec30A.png
December 30, 2149
(Saros 134)		 SE2178Dec09A.png
December 9, 2178
(Saros 135)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "March 20, 2034 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse on March 20, 2034: Path Map and Times". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2034 Mar 20". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 130". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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