Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081


A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, September 3, 2081, with a magnitude of 1.072. 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 5 hours before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of France, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, far western Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, eastern Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Maldives, and southern Indonesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Greenland, Europe, North Africa, Northeast Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Major cities

Mapped using timeanddate.

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 Contact2081 September 03 at 06:34:05.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2081 September 03 at 07:29:27.5 UTC
First Central Line2081 September 03 at 07:30:59.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2081 September 03 at 07:32:31.4 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2081 September 03 at 08:34:42.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2081 September 03 at 08:49:03.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2081 September 03 at 09:04:04.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2081 September 03 at 09:04:30.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2081 September 03 at 09:07:30.5 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2081 September 03 at 09:40:43.5 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2081 September 03 at 10:42:41.1 UTC
Last Central Line2081 September 03 at 10:44:13.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2081 September 03 at 10:45:45.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2081 September 03 at 11:41:02.7 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.07198
Eclipse Obscuration1.14914
Gamma0.33785
Sun Right Ascension10h52m00.4s
Sun Declination+07°13'15.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'51.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h52m39.6s
Moon Declination+07°31'30.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'22.4"
ΔT106.8 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 3
Descending node
September 18
Ascending node
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 136		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 148

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2081

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 136

Inex

Triad