An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 28, 2044,[1] with a magnitude of 0.96. 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. Occurring about 6.7 days after apogee (on February 22, 2044, at 5:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
| Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.9954 |
| Magnitude | 0.96 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 147 s (2 min 27 s) |
| Coordinates | 62°12′S 25°36′W / 62.2°S 25.6°W |
| Max. width of band | - km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:24:40 |
| References | |
| Saros | 121 (62 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9605 |
While the path of annularity will be not visible from any land areas, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica and much of South America. This will be the last of 55 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 121.
Images
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Eclipse details
editShown 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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 18:10:40.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2044 February 28 at 19:25:50.0 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 20:06:18.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2044 February 28 at 20:13:36.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2044 February 28 at 20:24:39.5 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2044 February 28 at 20:32:09.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 20:43:34.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 22:38:55.6 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.96001 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.92161 |
| Gamma | −0.99537 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h45m44.1s |
| Sun Declination | -07°51'30.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'08.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h47m30.6s |
| Moon Declination | -08°41'25.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'29.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'51.8" |
| ΔT | 80.8 s |
Eclipse season
editThis eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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 fortnight.
| February 28 Ascending node (new moon) |
March 13 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 121 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 133 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2044
edit- 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
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Solar Saros 121
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 2130
Solar eclipses of 2044–2047
editThis 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 28, 2044 Annular |
−0.9954 | 126 | August 23, 2044 Total |
0.9613 | |
| 131 | February 16, 2045 Annular |
−0.3125 | 136 | August 12, 2045 Total |
0.2116 | |
| 141 | February 5, 2046 Annular |
0.3765 | 146 | August 2, 2046 Total |
−0.535 | |
| 151 | January 26, 2047 Partial |
1.045 | 156 | July 22, 2047 Partial |
−1.3477 | |
Saros 121
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 121, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070 through October 9, 1809; hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827 and October 30, 1845; and annular eclipses from November 11, 1863 through February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. 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 39 at 6 minutes, 20 seconds on June 21, 1629, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on February 28, 2044. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 49–70 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
| October 9, 1809 |
October 20, 1827 |
October 30, 1845 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
| November 11, 1863 |
November 21, 1881 |
December 3, 1899 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
| December 14, 1917 |
December 25, 1935 |
January 5, 1954 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
| January 16, 1972 |
January 26, 1990 |
February 7, 2008 |
| 61 | 62 | 63 |
| February 17, 2026 |
February 28, 2044 |
March 11, 2062 |
| 64 | 65 | 66 |
| March 21, 2080 |
April 1, 2098 |
April 13, 2116 |
| 67 | 68 | 69 |
| April 24, 2134 |
May 4, 2152 |
May 16, 2170 |
| 70 | ||
| May 26, 2188 | ||
Metonic series
editThe 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 | ||||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on April 8, 1902 (part of Saros 108) and January 5, 1935 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
| Series members between 2000 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2000 (Saros 117) |
June 1, 2011 (Saros 118) |
April 30, 2022 (Saros 119) |
March 30, 2033 (Saros 120) |
February 28, 2044 (Saros 121) |
| January 27, 2055 (Saros 122) |
December 27, 2065 (Saros 123) |
November 26, 2076 (Saros 124) |
October 26, 2087 (Saros 125) |
September 25, 2098 (Saros 126) |
| August 26, 2109 (Saros 127) |
July 25, 2120 (Saros 128) |
June 25, 2131 (Saros 129) |
May 25, 2142 (Saros 130) |
April 23, 2153 (Saros 131) |
| March 23, 2164 (Saros 132) |
February 21, 2175 (Saros 133) |
January 20, 2186 (Saros 134) |
December 19, 2196 (Saros 135) | |
Inex series
editThis eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 1812 (Saros 113) |
July 18, 1841 (Saros 114) |
June 28, 1870 (Saros 115) |
| June 8, 1899 (Saros 116) |
May 19, 1928 (Saros 117) |
April 30, 1957 (Saros 118) |
| April 9, 1986 (Saros 119) |
March 20, 2015 (Saros 120) |
February 28, 2044 (Saros 121) |
| February 7, 2073 (Saros 122) |
January 19, 2102 (Saros 123) |
December 30, 2130 (Saros 124) |
| December 9, 2159 (Saros 125) |
November 18, 2188 (Saros 126) |
|
References
edit- ^ "February 28, 2044 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2044 Feb 28". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 121". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
