An annular

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will occur at the Moon's

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of orbit on Sunday, February 28, 2044, with a

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of 0.96. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, 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. Occurring about 6.7 days after

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(on February 22, 2044, at 5:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller. While the path of annularity will be not visible from any land areas, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of

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and much of

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. This will be the last of 55 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 121.

Images

Animated path

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2044

* An annular solar eclipse on February 28. * A total lunar eclipse on March 13. * A total solar eclipse on August 23. * A total lunar eclipse on September 7.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055

Solar Saros 121

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062 A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 11, 2062, with a magnitude of 0.9331. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image ...

Inex

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 20, 2015, with a magnitude of 1.0445. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of th ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 2130

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 121

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2044Feb28A.GIF {{Solar eclipses 2044 2 28 2044 in science 2044 2 28 2044 2 28