Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 28, 2044,[1] with a magnitude of 0.96. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6.7 days after apogee (on February 22, 2044, at 5:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
While the path of annularity will be not visible from any land areas, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica and much of South America. This will be the last of 55 umbral eclipses in Solar Saros 121.
Images
File:SE2044Feb28A.gif
Animated path
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 | 2044 February 28 at 18:10:40.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2044 February 28 at 19:25:50.0 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 20:06:18.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2044 February 28 at 20:13:36.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2044 February 28 at 20:17:45.9 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2044 February 28 at 20:24:39.5 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2044 February 28 at 20:32:09.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 20:43:34.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2044 February 28 at 22:38:55.6 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.96001 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.92161 |
| Gamma | −0.99537 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h45m44.1s |
| Sun Declination | -07°51'30.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'08.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h47m30.6s |
| Moon Declination | -08°41'25.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'29.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'51.8" |
| ΔT | 80.8 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.
| February 28 Ascending node (new moon) |
March 13 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2044Feb28A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2044Mar13.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 121 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 133 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2044
- An annular solar eclipse on February 28.
- A total lunar eclipse on March 13.
- A total solar eclipse on August 23.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 7.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Solar Saros 121
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 2130
Solar eclipses of 2044–2047
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 eclipses on June 23, 2047 and December 16, 2047 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2044 to 2047 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 28, 2044 File:SE2044Feb28A.png Annular |
−0.9954 | 126 | August 23, 2044 File:SE2044Aug23T.png Total |
0.9613 | |
| 131 | February 16, 2045 File:SE2045Feb16A.png Annular |
−0.3125 | 136 | August 12, 2045 File:SE2045Aug12T.png Total |
0.2116 | |
| 141 | February 5, 2046 File:SE2046Feb05A.png Annular |
0.3765 | 146 | August 2, 2046 File:SE2046Aug02T.png Total |
−0.535 | |
| 151 | January 26, 2047 File:SE2047Jan26P.png Partial |
1.045 | 156 | July 22, 2047 File:SE2047Jul22P.png Partial |
−1.3477 | |
Saros 121
Template:Solar Saros series 121
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 2036–2112
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2000 July 1
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2015 March 20
References
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