Summary
A total solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, April 20, 2061. 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 eclipse of April 20, 2061 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.9578 |
| Magnitude | 1.0475 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 157 s (2 min 37 s) |
| Coordinates | 64°30′N 59°12′E / 64.5°N 59.2°E |
| Max. width of band | 559 km (347 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:56:49 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (23 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9644 |
Visibility edit
The eclipse will begin over Southern Russia and eastern Ukraine at sunrise and the moon shadow will move rapidly in a northeastern direction over west Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region). The shadow will cover the Urals and races over the Arctic Ocean in a north-westerly direction and reaches the Svalbard archipelago. At sunset the eclipse will end just before the coast of Greenland.
The greatest eclipse will be in Russia on the east of Komi Republic (in Europe), ~120 km to south-east of Pechora.
Related eclipses edit
Solar eclipses 2059–2061 edit
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.[1]
| Solar eclipses 2059 to 2061 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | May 22, 2058 Partial |
124 | November 16, 2058 Partial | ||
| 129 | May 11, 2059 Total |
134 | November 5, 2059 Annular | ||
| 139 | April 30, 2060 Total |
144 | October 24, 2060 Annular | ||
| 149 | April 20, 2061 Total |
154 | October 13, 2061 Annular | ||
Saros 149 edit
Solar saros 149, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It has total eclipses from April 9, 2043, to October 2, 2331. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. The longest total eclipse will be on July 17, 2205, at 4 minutes and 10 seconds.[2]
| Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 16 | 17 | |
 January 23, 1917 |
 February 3, 1935 |
 February 14, 1953 | |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | |
 February 25, 1971 |
 March 7, 1989 |
 March 19, 2007 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | |
 March 29, 2025 |
 April 9, 2043 |
April 20, 2061 24 25  May 1, 2079 |
 May 11, 2097 |
Metonic series edit
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 ascending node.
| 21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 July 1, 2000 |
 April 19, 2004 |
 February 7, 2008 |
 November 25, 2011 |
 September 13, 2015 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 July 2, 2019 |
 April 20, 2023 |
 February 6, 2027 |
 November 25, 2030 |
 September 12, 2034 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 July 2, 2038 |
 April 20, 2042 |
 February 5, 2046 |
 November 25, 2049 |
 September 12, 2053 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 July 1, 2057 |
April 20, 2061  February 5, 2065 |
 November 24, 2068 |
 September 12, 2072 | |
| 157 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 165 |
 July 1, 2076 |
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References edit
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Google interactive map
- Besselian elements