Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, June 21, 2020, with a magnitude of 0.994. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6.2 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Path

The path of this annular eclipse passed through parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea in Africa; the southern Arabian Peninsula, including Yemen, Oman, and southern Saudi Arabia; parts of South Asia and the Himalayas, including southern Pakistan and northern India; and parts of East Asia, including South China and Taiwan. A partial eclipse was visible throughout much of the rest of Africa, Southeast Europe, most of Asia, and in New Guinea and northern Australia just before sunset. In Europe, the partial eclipse was visible to places southeast of the line passing through parts of Italy, Hungary, Ukraine, and southwestern Russia.

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 Contact2020 June 21 at 03:47:09.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2020 June 21 at 04:48:54.2 UTC
First Central Line2020 June 21 at 04:49:37.4 UTC
Greatest Duration2020 June 21 at 04:49:37.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2020 June 21 at 04:50:20.7 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2020 June 21 at 05:52:48.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2020 June 21 at 06:41:15.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2020 June 21 at 06:42:34.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2020 June 21 at 06:42:36.6 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2020 June 21 at 07:29:41.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2020 June 21 at 08:32:11.3 UTC
Last Central Line2020 June 21 at 08:32:51.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2020 June 21 at 08:33:32.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2020 June 21 at 09:35:13.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.99401
Eclipse Obscuration0.98806
Gamma0.12090
Sun Right Ascension06h01m33.0s
Sun Declination+23°26'09.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension06h01m30.2s
Moon Declination+23°32'56.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'24.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'31.1"
ΔT70.0 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.
June 5
Descending node
June 21
Ascending node
July 5
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2020

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 137

Inex

Triad