Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, April 21, 2069, with a magnitude of 0.8992. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, and North Asia.
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.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2069 April 21 at 08:17:35.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2069 April 21 at 10:00:35.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2069 April 21 at 10:11:08.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2069 April 21 at 10:39:45.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2069 April 21 at 12:04:30.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.89916 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.88412 |
| Gamma | 1.06241 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 01h58m57.2s |
| Sun Declination | +12°07'52.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'55.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 01h57m49.5s |
| Moon Declination | +13°10'46.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.2" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'21.7" |
| ΔT | 97.0 s |
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.| April 21 Descending node | May 6 Ascending node | May 20 Descending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 120 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 132 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 158 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2069
A partial solar eclipse on April 21.- A total lunar eclipse on May 6.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 20.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 15.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 30.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2065
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2076
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 27, 2078
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Solar Saros 120
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 21, 2156