Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088

Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.4135
Magnitude 1.0474
Maximum eclipse
Duration 238 sec (3 m 58 s)
Coordinates 36°00′N 15°06′E / 36°N 15.1°E / 36; 15.1
Max. width of band 173 km (107 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 10:31:49
References
Saros 130 (56 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9706

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 21, 2088. 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.

Solar eclipses 2087-2090

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.

120May 2, 2087

Partial
125October 26, 2087

Partial
130April 21, 2088

Total
135October 14, 2088

Annular
140April 10, 2089

Annular
145October 4, 2089

Total
150March 31, 2090

Partial
155September 23, 2090

Total

Saros 130

It 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. 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.[1]

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