Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, October 24, 2060, with a magnitude of 0.9277. 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 18 hours before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Annobón Natural Reserve, Angola, northeastern Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Brazil, Africa, and Antarctica.

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 Contact2060 October 24 at 06:19:40.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2060 October 24 at 07:26:08.2 UTC
First Central Line2060 October 24 at 07:29:18.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2060 October 24 at 07:32:29.2 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2060 October 24 at 08:43:57.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2060 October 24 at 09:24:10.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2060 October 24 at 09:27:20.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2060 October 24 at 09:39:25.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2060 October 24 at 09:41:30.5 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2060 October 24 at 10:04:00.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2060 October 24 at 11:15:41.4 UTC
Last Central Line2060 October 24 at 11:18:52.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2060 October 24 at 11:22:03.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2060 October 24 at 12:28:35.3 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92766
Eclipse Obscuration0.86055
Gamma−0.26249
Sun Right Ascension13h58m17.5s
Sun Declination-12°04'28.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'04.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension13h57m52.2s
Moon Declination-12°17'09.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'42.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°53'57.3"
ΔT91.0 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.
October 9
Ascending node
October 24
Descending node
November 8
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 118		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 144		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2060

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 144

Inex

Triad