Solar eclipse of March 31, 2071


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 31, 2071, with a magnitude of 0.9919. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 7.2 days after apogee and 6.2 days before perigee.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Chile, Argentina, extreme southern Paraguay, Brazil, extreme southern Gabon, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of South America, Antarctica, and Africa.

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 Contact2071 March 31 at 12:14:19.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2071 March 31 at 13:17:47.4 UTC
First Central Line2071 March 31 at 13:18:35.7 UTC
Greatest Duration2071 March 31 at 13:18:35.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2071 March 31 at 13:19:24.0 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2071 March 31 at 14:34:35.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2071 March 31 at 14:48:09.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2071 March 31 at 15:01:06.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2071 March 31 at 15:05:13.1 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2071 March 31 at 15:28:00.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2071 March 31 at 16:43:00.5 UTC
Last Central Line2071 March 31 at 16:43:45.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2071 March 31 at 16:44:31.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2071 March 31 at 17:47:52.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.99186
Eclipse Obscuration0.98379
Gamma−0.37393
Sun Right Ascension00h40m27.6s
Sun Declination+04°21'06.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'00.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension00h40m53.3s
Moon Declination+04°00'40.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'38.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'25.9"
ΔT98.5 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 16
Ascending node
March 31
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 114		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 140

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2071

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 140

Inex

Triad