Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071
Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071 | |
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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 |
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.
Related eclipses
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.
120 | April 21, 2069![]() Partial |
125 | October 15, 2069![]() Partial |
130 | April 11, 2070![]() Total |
135 | October 4, 2070![]() Annular |
140 | March 31, 2071![]() Annular |
145 | September 23, 2071![]() Total |
150 | March 19, 2072![]() Partial |
155 | September 12, 2072![]() Total |
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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