Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063

Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.336
Magnitude 0.9293
Maximum eclipse
Duration 461 sec (7 m 41 s)
Coordinates 25°12′S 77°42′E / 25.2°S 77.7°E / -25.2; 77.7
Max. width of band 280 km (170 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 7:43:30
References
Saros 131 (53 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9648

An annular solar eclipse will occur on February 28, 2063. 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 2062-2065

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.

121March 11, 2062

Partial
126September 3, 2062

Partial
131February 28, 2063

Annular
136August 24, 2063

Total
141February 17, 2064

Annular
146August 12, 2064

Total
151February 5, 2065

Partial
156August 2, 2065

Partial


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