Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 21, 2088,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0474. 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 1.8 days before perigee (on April 23, 2088, at 5:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Cape Verde, Mauritania, Western Sahara, northern Mali, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, southern Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and western China. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Note that the central line of this total solar eclipse follows a path extremely similar to that of the annular eclipse that occurred 112 years earlier on April 29, 1976.
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2088 April 21 at 07:56:26.3 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2088 April 21 at 08:55:25.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2088 April 21 at 08:56:20.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2088 April 21 at 08:57:16.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2088 April 21 at 10:10:39.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2088 April 21 at 10:27:31.4 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2088 April 21 at 10:31:49.5 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2088 April 21 at 10:35:01.4 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2088 April 21 at 10:42:59.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2088 April 21 at 10:52:42.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2088 April 21 at 12:06:12.1 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2088 April 21 at 12:07:09.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2088 April 21 at 12:08:07.4 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2088 April 21 at 13:07:03.4 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04745 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.09715 |
| Gamma | 0.41352 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 02h00m30.3s |
| Sun Declination | +12°16'07.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'54.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 02h00m04.9s |
| Moon Declination | +12°40'11.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'25.1" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'15.3" |
| ΔT | 112.6 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.
| April 21 Descending node (new moon) |
May 5 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2088Apr21T.png | |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 130 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 142 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2088
- A total solar eclipse on April 21.
- A partial lunar eclipse on May 5.
- An annular solar eclipse on October 14.
- A partial lunar eclipse on October 30.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2084
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2092
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 2, 2095
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 16, 2079
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 26, 2097
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2099
Solar Saros 130
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 3, 2106
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 2, 2117
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 21, 2175
Solar eclipses of 2087–2090
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipse on June 1, 2087 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2087 to 2090 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | May 2, 2087 File:SE2087May02P.png Partial |
1.1139 | 125 | October 26, 2087 File:SE2087Oct26P.png Partial |
−1.2882 | |
| 130 | April 21, 2088 File:SE2088Apr21T.png Total |
0.4135 | 135 | October 14, 2088 File:SE2088Oct14A.png Annular |
−0.5349 | |
| 140 | April 10, 2089 File:SE2089Apr10A.png Annular |
−0.3319 | 145 | October 4, 2089 File:SE2089Oct04T.png Total |
0.2167 | |
| 150 | March 31, 2090 File:SE2090Mar31P.png Partial |
−1.1028 | 155 | September 23, 2090 File:SE2090Sep23T.png Total |
0.9157 | |
Saros 130
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
| File:SE1817Nov09T.gif November 9, 1817 |
File:SE1835Nov20T.gif November 20, 1835 |
File:SE1853Nov30T.gif November 30, 1853 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
| File:SE1871Dec12T.gif December 12, 1871 |
File:SE1889Dec22T.png December 22, 1889 |
File:SE1908Jan03T.png January 3, 1908 |
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
| File:SE1926Jan14T.png January 14, 1926 |
File:SE1944Jan25T.png January 25, 1944 |
File:SE1962Feb05T.png February 5, 1962 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
| File:SE1980Feb16T.png February 16, 1980 |
File:SE1998Feb26T.png February 26, 1998 |
File:SE2016Mar09T.png March 9, 2016 |
| 53 | 54 | 55 |
| File:SE2034Mar20T.png March 20, 2034 |
File:SE2052Mar30T.png March 30, 2052 |
File:SE2070Apr11T.png April 11, 2070 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 |
| File:SE2088Apr21T.png April 21, 2088 |
File:SE2106May03T.png May 3, 2106 |
File:SE2124May14T.png May 14, 2124 |
| 59 | 60 | 61 |
| File:SE2142May25T.png May 25, 2142 |
File:SE2160Jun04T.png June 4, 2160 |
File:SE2178Jun16T.png June 16, 2178 |
| 62 | ||
| File:SE2196Jun26T.png June 26, 2196 | ||
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 2065–2152
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2000 December 25
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2001 June 21
Notes
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References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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