An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 24, 2060. 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 eclipse of October 24, 2060 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.2625 |
| Magnitude | 0.9277 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 486 s (8 min 6 s) |
| Coordinates | 25°48′S 28°06′E / 25.8°S 28.1°E |
| Max. width of band | 281 km (175 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 9:24:10 |
| References | |
| Saros | 144 (19 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9643 |
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 144 edit
It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.
| Series members 11–21 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 12 | 13 |
 Jul 30, 1916 |
 Aug 10, 1934 |
 Aug 20, 1952 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
 Aug 31, 1970 |
 Sep 11, 1988 |
 Sep 22, 2006 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
 Oct 2, 2024 |
 Oct 14, 2042 |
Oct 24, 2060 |
| 20 | 21 | |
 Nov 4, 2078 |
 Nov 15, 2096 | |
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 descending node.
| 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 June 1, 2011 |
 March 20, 2015 |
 January 6, 2019 |
 October 25, 2022 |
 August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 March 20, 2034 |
 January 5, 2038 |
 October 25, 2041 |
 August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 May 31, 2049 |
 March 20, 2053 |
 January 5, 2057 |
October 24, 2060 |
 August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 May 31, 2068 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 January 6, 2076 |
 October 24, 2079 |
 August 13, 2083 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
 June 1, 2087 |
 October 24, 2098 |
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References edit
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links edit
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