Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043


A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 10, 2043, with a magnitude of 1.0095. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 22 hours before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
It will be unusual in that while it is a total solar eclipse, it is not a central solar eclipse. A non-central eclipse is one where the center-line of totality does not intersect the surface of the Earth. Instead, the center line passes just above the Earth's surface. This rare type occurs when totality is only visible at sunset or sunrise in a polar region.
This will be the first of 43 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 149.

Visibility

The eclipse will be seen fully from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Magadan Oblast and on the north-east of Yakutia. It will be visible partially throughout northeastern Russia, in Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Iceland. It will be also partially visible from the western part United States including Alaska, Hawaii, and the North Pacific.
Settlements of total phase: Evensk, Omsukchan, Palana, Seymchan and Zyryanka.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2043 April 9 at 16:57:34.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2043 April 9 at 18:47:08.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2043 April 9 at 18:57:49.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2043 April 9 at 19:07:51.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2043 April 9 at 19:07:58.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2043 April 9 at 19:52:18.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2043 April 9 at 20:57:40.4 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.00956
Eclipse Obscuration-
Gamma1.00314
Sun Right Ascension01h13m12.2s
Sun Declination+07°45'05.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'58.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension01h11m17.3s
Moon Declination+08°39'09.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'38.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'02.7"
ΔT80.3 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.
March 25
Descending node
April 9
Ascending node
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 123		Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2043

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 149

Inex

Triad