Solar eclipse of September 23, 2090


A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, September 23, 2090, with a magnitude of 1.0562. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4 hours after perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of northern Canada, Greenland, southern Ireland, the southern United Kingdom, France, and Belgium. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of North America, Western Europe, and West Africa.
This solar eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible from Great Britain since August 11, 1999, and the first visible from Ireland since May 22, 1724. The totality will be visible in southern Greenland, Valentia, West Cork, Poole, Newquay, Plymouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, northern France and south Belgium and a partially eclipsed sun will be visible in Birmingham, London, Exeter, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin, Weston Super Mare, Bristol and Oxford.

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 Contact2090 September 23 at 14:50:25.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2090 September 23 at 16:12:55.8 UTC
First Central Line2090 September 23 at 16:16:08.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2090 September 23 at 16:19:34.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2090 September 23 at 16:26:17.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2090 September 23 at 16:56:36.3 UTC
Greatest Duration2090 September 23 at 16:56:43.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2090 September 23 at 17:05:47.3 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2090 September 23 at 17:34:01.1 UTC
Last Central Line2090 September 23 at 17:37:26.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2090 September 23 at 17:40:38.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2090 September 23 at 19:03:02.8 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.05615
Eclipse Obscuration1.11546
Gamma0.91569
Sun Right Ascension12h04m19.6s
Sun Declination-00°28'06.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'56.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension12h05m28.3s
Moon Declination+00°25'15.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'22.6"
ΔT114.8 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.
September 8
Descending node
September 23
Ascending node
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129		Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

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Solar Saros 155

Inex

Triad