Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.9613 |
Magnitude | 1.0364 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 124 s (2 min 4 s) |
Coordinates | 64°18′N 120°24′W / 64.3°N 120.4°W |
Max. width of band | 453 km (281 mi) |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:17:02 |
References | |
Saros | 126 (49 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9606 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, August 23, 2044 (eastern for most of the eclipse by UTC timing). 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 miles wide.
Totality will be visible in the evening of August 22 across: [1]
Partiality will be visible in Siberia in the morning of August 23, and throughout western Canada and United States until sunset on August 22.
The greatest duration of the total eclipse will be observed in the Northwest Territories, approximately 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Great Bear Lake. [2]
This is the last of 41 umbral solar eclipses (annular, total or hybrid) of Solar Saros 126. The first umbral was in 1323 and last will be in 2044. The total duration is 721 years.
The eclipse is a member of a semester series of solar eclipses that repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. [3] It is also part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events.
Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 | |
---|---|
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.9613 |
Magnitude | 1.0364 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 124 s (2 min 4 s) |
Coordinates | 64°18′N 120°24′W / 64.3°N 120.4°W |
Max. width of band | 453 km (281 mi) |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:17:02 |
References | |
Saros | 126 (49 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9606 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, August 23, 2044 (eastern for most of the eclipse by UTC timing). 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 miles wide.
Totality will be visible in the evening of August 22 across: [1]
Partiality will be visible in Siberia in the morning of August 23, and throughout western Canada and United States until sunset on August 22.
The greatest duration of the total eclipse will be observed in the Northwest Territories, approximately 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Great Bear Lake. [2]
This is the last of 41 umbral solar eclipses (annular, total or hybrid) of Solar Saros 126. The first umbral was in 1323 and last will be in 2044. The total duration is 721 years.
The eclipse is a member of a semester series of solar eclipses that repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. [3] It is also part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events.