Solar eclipse of March 31, 2090

Solar eclipse of March 31, 2090
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1028
Magnitude0.7843
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°06′S 156°18′W / 72.1°S 156.3°W / -72.1; -156.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:38:08
References
Saros150 (21 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9710

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 31, 2090,[1] with a magnitude of 0.7843. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southeastern Australia, and Oceania.

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.[2]

March 31, 2090 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2090 March 31 at 01:27:45.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2090 March 31 at 02:57:30.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2090 March 31 at 03:38:07.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2090 March 31 at 03:50:52.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2090 March 31 at 05:48:45.4 UTC
March 31, 2090 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.78428
Eclipse Obscuration 0.70680
Gamma −1.10277
Sun Right Ascension 00h40m11.0s
Sun Declination +04°19'18.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'00.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 00h41m23.0s
Moon Declination +03°22'02.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'52.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'34.6"
ΔT 114.3 s

Eclipse season

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.

Eclipse season of March 2090
March 15
Ascending node (full moon)
March 31
Descending node (new moon)
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150

Eclipses in 2090

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 150

Inex

Triad

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.[3]

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

Partial
1.1139 125 October 26, 2087

Partial
−1.2882
130 April 21, 2088

Total
0.4135 135 October 14, 2088

Annular
−0.5349
140 April 10, 2089

Annular
−0.3319 145 October 4, 2089

Total
0.2167
150 March 31, 2090

Partial
−1.1028 155 September 23, 2090

Total
0.9157

Saros 150

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. 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 annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200:
5 6 7

October 7, 1801

October 19, 1819

October 29, 1837
8 9 10

November 9, 1855

November 20, 1873

December 1, 1891
11 12 13

December 12, 1909

December 24, 1927

January 3, 1946
14 15 16

January 14, 1964

January 25, 1982

February 5, 2000
17 18 19

February 15, 2018

February 27, 2036

March 9, 2054
20 21 22

March 19, 2072

March 31, 2090

April 11, 2108
23 24 25

April 22, 2126

May 3, 2144

May 14, 2162
26 27

May 24, 2180

June 4, 2198

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 12, 2029 and November 4, 2116
June 11–12 March 30–31 January 16 November 4–5 August 23–24
118 120 122 124 126

June 12, 2029

March 30, 2033

January 16, 2037

November 4, 2040

August 23, 2044
128 130 132 134 136

June 11, 2048

March 30, 2052

January 16, 2056

November 5, 2059

August 24, 2063
138 140 142 144 146

June 11, 2067

March 31, 2071

January 16, 2075

November 4, 2078

August 24, 2082
148 150 152 154 156

June 11, 2086

March 31, 2090

January 16, 2094

November 4, 2097

August 24, 2101
158 160 162 164

June 12, 2105

November 4, 2116

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)

May 16, 1817
(Saros 125)

April 14, 1828
(Saros 126)

March 15, 1839
(Saros 127)

February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)

January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)

December 12, 1871
(Saros 130)

November 10, 1882
(Saros 131)

October 9, 1893
(Saros 132)

September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)

August 10, 1915
(Saros 134)

July 9, 1926
(Saros 135)

June 8, 1937
(Saros 136)

May 9, 1948
(Saros 137)

April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)

March 7, 1970
(Saros 139)

February 4, 1981
(Saros 140)

January 4, 1992
(Saros 141)

December 4, 2002
(Saros 142)

November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)

October 2, 2024
(Saros 144)

September 2, 2035
(Saros 145)

August 2, 2046
(Saros 146)

July 1, 2057
(Saros 147)

May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)

May 1, 2079
(Saros 149)

March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)

February 28, 2101
(Saros 151)

January 29, 2112
(Saros 152)

December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)

November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)

October 26, 2144
(Saros 155)

September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)

August 25, 2166
(Saros 157)

July 25, 2177
(Saros 158)

June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)

May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

September 28, 1829
(Saros 141)

September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)

August 19, 1887
(Saros 143)

July 30, 1916
(Saros 144)

July 9, 1945
(Saros 145)

June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)

May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)

May 9, 2032
(Saros 148)

April 20, 2061
(Saros 149)

March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)

March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)

February 19, 2148
(Saros 152)

January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)

References

  1. ^ "March 31, 2090 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2090 Mar 31". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 150". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.