Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071

Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.3739
Magnitude 0.9919
Maximum eclipse
Duration 52 sec (0 m 52 s)
Coordinates 16°42′S 37°00′W / 16.7°S 37°W / -16.7; -37
Max. width of band 31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 15:01:06
References
Saros 140 (32 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9667

An annular solar eclipse will occur on March 31, 2071. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses 2069-2072

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.

120April 21, 2069

Partial
125October 15, 2069

Partial
130April 11, 2070

Total
135October 4, 2070

Annular
140March 31, 2071

Annular
145September 23, 2071

Total
150March 19, 2072

Partial
155September 12, 2072

Total

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