Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 10, 2081, with a magnitude of 0.9304. 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 2.3 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, southeastern Liberia, southern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the western Central African Republic. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of South America, Antarctica, Africa, and Southern 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	2081 March 10 at 12:22:46.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact	2081 March 10 at 13:30:23.7 UTC
First Central Line	2081 March 10 at 13:33:33.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact	2081 March 10 at 13:36:43.7 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact	2081 March 10 at 14:57:39.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction	2081 March 10 at 14:59:36.9 UTC
Greatest Duration	2081 March 10 at 15:14:48.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction	2081 March 10 at 15:19:08.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse	2081 March 10 at 15:23:30.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact	2081 March 10 at 15:49:56.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact	2081 March 10 at 17:10:33.8 UTC
Last Central Line	2081 March 10 at 17:13:42.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact	2081 March 10 at 17:16:50.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact	2081 March 10 at 18:24:21.0 UTC

Parameter	Value
Eclipse Magnitude	0.93039
Eclipse Obscuration	0.86563
Gamma	−0.36528
Sun Right Ascension	23h25m55.3s
Sun Declination	-03°40'25.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'06.3"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	23h26m33.6s
Moon Declination	-03°57'43.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter	14'46.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°54'13.5"
ΔT	106.4 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.