An annular

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...

will occur at the Moon's

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of orbit on Thursday, March 20, 2053, with a

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of 0.9919. 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

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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 5.6 days before

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(on March 25, 2053, at 21:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern

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. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of

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, and

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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

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, 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 2053

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 4. * An annular solar eclipse on March 20. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 29. * A total solar eclipse on September 12.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046 An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, February 5 and Tuesday, February 6, 2046, with a magnitude of 0.9232. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 2044 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2062

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064

Solar Saros 140

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2035 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2082

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 20, 2140

Solar eclipses of 2051–2054

Saros 140

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

NASA graphics
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