| Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.336 |
| Magnitude | 0.9293 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 461 s (7 min 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 at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, February 28, 2063, with a magnitude of 0.9293. 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.
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]
The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | March 11, 2062 Partial |
−1.0238 | 126 | September 3, 2062 Partial |
1.0191 | |
| 131 | February 28, 2063 Annular |
−0.336 | 136 | August 24, 2063 Total |
0.2771 | |
| 141 | February 17, 2064 Annular |
0.3597 | 146 | August 12, 2064 Total |
−0.4652 | |
| 151 | February 5, 2065 Partial |
1.0336 | 156 | August 2, 2065 Partial |
−1.2759 | |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612; hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702; and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 28 at 58 seconds on May 30, 1612, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 54 seconds on January 26, 2009. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
| Series members 39–60 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
 September 28, 1810 |
 October 9, 1828 |
 October 20, 1846 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
 October 30, 1864 |
 November 10, 1882 |
 November 22, 1900 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
 December 3, 1918 |
 December 13, 1936 |
 December 25, 1954 |
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
 January 4, 1973 |
 January 15, 1991 |
 January 26, 2009 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
 February 6, 2027 |
 February 16, 2045 |
February 28, 2063 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 March 10, 2081 |
 March 21, 2099 |
 April 2, 2117 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
 April 13, 2135 |
 April 23, 2153 |
 May 5, 2171 |
| 60 | ||
 May 15, 2189 | ||
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 ascending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 23–24 | May 11 | February 27–28 | December 16–17 | October 4–5 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 July 23, 2036 |
 May 11, 2040 |
 February 28, 2044 |
 December 16, 2047 |
 October 4, 2051 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 July 24, 2055 |
 May 11, 2059 |
February 28, 2063 |
 December 17, 2066 |
 October 4, 2070 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 July 24, 2074 |
 May 11, 2078 |
 February 27, 2082 |
 December 16, 2085 |
 October 4, 2089 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 July 23, 2093 |
 May 11, 2097 |
 February 28, 2101 |
 December 17, 2104 |
 October 5, 2108 |
| 157 | ||||
 July 23, 2112 | ||||
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