Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041

Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041
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Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.4492
Magnitude 1.0189
Maximum eclipse
Duration 111 sec (1 m 51 s)
Coordinates 9°36′S 12°12′E / 9.6°S 12.2°E / -9.6; 12.2
Max. width of band 72 km (45 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 11:52:21
References
Saros 129 (53 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9599

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 30, 2041. 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.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2040-2043

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040-2043
Ascending node   Descending node
119May 11, 2040

Partial
124November 4, 2040

Annular
129April 30, 2041

Total
134October 25, 2041

Annular
139April 20, 2042

Total
144October 14, 2042

Annular
149April 9, 2043

Total
154October 3, 2043

Annular

Saros 129

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses on April 8, 2005 and April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 .[1]

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