Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 22, 2066, with a magnitude of 0.9435. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 8 hours after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, northern Canada, and the Azores. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of northern Russia, Canada, Greenland, the United States, the Caribbean, Northern Europe, and Western Europe.
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 | 2066 June 22 at 16:41:43.1 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 18:02:00.7 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2066 June 22 at 18:05:23.1 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2066 June 22 at 18:08:50.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2066 June 22 at 19:15:57.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2066 June 22 at 19:17:05.8 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2066 June 22 at 19:22:58.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2066 June 22 at 19:25:47.7 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2066 June 22 at 20:42:52.0 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2066 June 22 at 20:46:18.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 20:49:40.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2066 June 22 at 22:09:56.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.94346 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.89012 |
| Gamma | 0.73297 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 06h07m28.7s |
| Sun Declination | +23°25'11.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'44.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 06h07m48.1s |
| Moon Declination | +24°04'22.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'42.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°53'57.0" |
| ΔT | 94.9 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.| June 22 Descending node | July 7 Ascending node |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 128 | Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 140 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2066
- A total lunar eclipse on January 11.An annular solar eclipse on June 22.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 7.
- A total solar eclipse on December 17.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 31.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2057
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 28, 2075
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
Solar Saros 128
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2084
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 2, 2095
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 23, 2153