Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042

Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042
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Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.2956
Magnitude 1.0614
Maximum eclipse
Duration 291 sec (4 m 51 s)
Coordinates 27°00′N 137°18′E / 27°N 137.3°E / 27; 137.3
Max. width of band 210 km (130 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 2:17:30
References
Saros 139 (31 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9601

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 20, 2042. 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. It will be seen significantly in Western Indonesia (particularly in Sumatra), Singapore, Eastern Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

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Solar eclipses of 2040-2043

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040-2043
Ascending node   Descending node
119May 11, 2040

Partial		 124November 4, 2040

Annular
129April 30, 2041

Total		 134October 25, 2041

Annular
139April 20, 2042

Total		 144October 14, 2042

Annular
149April 9, 2043

Total		 154October 3, 2043

Annular

Saros 139

It is a part of saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses on August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. Members in the same column are one exeligmos apart and thus occur in the same geographic area.

The solar eclipse of June 13, 2132 will be the longest total solar eclipse since July 11, 1991 at 6 minutes, 55 seconds.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 39 at 7 minutes, 29 seconds on July 16, 2186.[1] This is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000BC and 6000AD.[2]

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).

References

  1. ↑ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site
  2. ↑ Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, -3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espinak


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