Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

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Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
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 on Monday, March 20, 2034. Totality will be visible in 13 countries: from east to west, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. [1]

Contents

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.

Images

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Animated path

Details of totality in some places or cities

Solar Eclipse of March 20, 2034
Country or TerritoryPlace or CityStart

of
partial
eclipse
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Start of
total
eclipse (Local Time)		End of
total
eclipse (Local Time)		Duration of
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eclipse		End of
partial
eclipse (Local Time)		Magnitude
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Akraké 09:01:1110:17:3610:18:571 min 51 s11:45:511,042
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 09:02:0410:18:2310:21:022 min 39 s11:47:451,042
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ikorodu 09:02:2310:19:0110:21:152 min 15s11:48:171,042
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ondo Town 09:04:2310:22:0210:24:442 min 43 s11:52:251,043
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Benin City 09:04:3610:22:4410:24:582 min 14 s11:53:151,043
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Akure 09:05:1110:22:5710:25:422 min 44 s11:53:351,043
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Makurdi 09:10:1210:30:3910:33:052 min 26 s12:02:581,044
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lafia 09:11:1210:31:1210:34:493 min 37 s12:04:101,044
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Gombe 09:17:3810:40:1910:42:522 min 33 s12:13:511,044
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Mubi 09:20:5810:44:5110:47:533 min 02 s12:19:571,045
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Mokolo 09:22:2510:46:3610:50:113 min 35 s12:21:261,045
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Maroua 09:23:1610:48:3810:50:071 min 29 s12:22:311,045
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad N'Djamena 09:26:5010:51:4110:55:273 min 45 s12:26:431,045
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Biltine 09:41:5511:10:5311:12:501 min 57 s12:44:431,046
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Abri 11:12:5812:42:0212:46:034 min 01 s14:11:531,045
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Wadi Halfa 11:16:5512:46:0012:49:193 min 20 s14:14:351,045
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Shalateen 11:28:4112:56:5213:00:113 min 19 s14:22:451,044
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Yanbu 12:35:5414:03:3514:05:582 min 23 s15:27:111,044
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Hafar Al Batin 12:58:2814:21:1814:23:312 min 12 s15:38:341,042i
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Wafra 13:03:1014:24:2514:27:373 min 12 s15:40:521,041
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Mangaf 13:03:3814:25:0914:27:182 min 09 s15:40:531,041
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Khafji 13:03:5314:25:1014:28:032 min 52 s15:41:161,041
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Bushehr 13:39:0514:59:1615:01:292 min 13 s16:13:301,041
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Shiraz 13:42:5315:01:4415:34:152 min 30 s16:14:581,040
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Rafsanjan 13:49:4415:06:3715:08:372 min 00 s16:17:281,039
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Farah 15:00:2716:13:0416:15:292 min 35 s17:20:321,037
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Ghazni 15:09:1916:18:2616:20:191 min 53 s17:22:281,035
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Jost 15:11:1316:19:2416:21:382 m 14 s17:22:571,035
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 15:43:0016:50:3116:52:081 min 38 s17:52:591,035
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mardan 15:43:3216:51:1016:51:5747 s17:52:591,034
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Wah 15:44:2316:51:0316:53:132 min 10 s17:53:181,034
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad 15:44:4416:51:1716:53:242 min 07 s17:53:231,034
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rawalpindi 15:44:4516:51:2416:53:221 min 58 s17:53:261,034
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Abbottabad 15:44:5016:51:2716:53:031 min 36 s17:53:111,034
Flag of India.svg  India Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Region 16:16:2917:22:0717:24:102 min 03 s18:23:251,034
Flag of India.svg  India Leh, Ladakh Region 16:19:0817:23:2517:25:241 min 59 s18:53:341,033
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Rutog County, Tibet Autonomous Region 18:51:2319:54:2219:56:111 min 39 s20:45:47 (sunset)1,032

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. [2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036
Descending node Ascending node
120 March 30, 2033
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Total		125 September 23, 2033
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Partial
130 March 20, 2034
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Total		135 September 12, 2034
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Annular
140 March 9, 2035
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Annular		145 September 2, 2035
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Total
150 February 27, 2036
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Partial		155 August 21, 2036
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Partial
A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node. [3]

Series members 43–56 between 1853 and 2300
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November 30, 1853 		SE1871Dec12T.png
December 12, 1871 		SE1889Dec22T.png
December 22, 1889
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January 3, 1908 		SE1926Jan14T.png
January 14, 1926 		SE1944Jan25T.png
January 25, 1944
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February 5, 1962 		SE1980Feb16T.png
February 16, 1980 		SE1998Feb26T.png
February 26, 1998
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March 9, 2016 		SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2052Mar30T.png
March 30, 2052
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April 11, 2070 		SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088 		SE2106May03T.png
May 3, 2106
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May 14, 2124		 SE2142May25T.png
May 25, 2142		 SE2160Jun04T.png
June 4, 2160
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June 16, 2178		 SE2196Jun26T.png
June 26, 2196		 SE2214Jul08T.png
July 8, 2214
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July 18, 2232		 SE2250Jul30P.png
July 30, 2250		 SE2268Aug09P.png
August 9, 2268
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August 20, 2286

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.

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.

21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087
May 31 – June 1March 19–20January 5–6October 24–25August 12–13
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June 1, 2011 		SE2015Mar20T.png
March 20, 2015 		SE2019Jan06P.png
January 6, 2019 		SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022 		SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
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June 1, 2030 		SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038 		SE2041Oct25A.png
October 25, 2041 		SE2045Aug12T.png
August 12, 2045
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May 31, 2049 		SE2053Mar20A.png
March 20, 2053 		SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057 		SE2060Oct24A.png
October 24, 2060 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
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May 31, 2068 		SE2072Mar19P.png
March 19, 2072 		SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076 		SE2079Oct24A.png
October 24, 2079 		SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
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June 1, 2087 		SE2098Oct24P.png
October 24, 2098

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