An annular

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will occur at the Moon's

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of orbit between Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10,

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, with a

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of 0.9919. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's

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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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 7.6 days after

apogee An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values. Apsides perta ...

(on March 2, 2035, at 9:30 UTC) and 5.1 days before

perigee An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values. Apsides perta ...

(on March 15, 2035, at 1:40 UTC). Annularity will be visible for parts of

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. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of

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, and central

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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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, 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

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2035

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 22. * An annular solar eclipse on March 9. * A partial lunar eclipse on August 19. * A total solar eclipse on September 2.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038 A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's Lunar node, descending node of orbit between Saturday, December 25 and Sunday, December 26, 2038, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 1.0268. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between ...

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 2044

Tritos

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, also known as the Great North American Eclipse, was a total solar eclipse visible across a band covering parts of North America, from Mexico to Canada and crossing the contiguous United States. A solar eclipse ...

* Followed by:

Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046 An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, February 5 and Tuesday, February 6, 2046, with a magnitude of 0.9232. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally ...

Solar Saros 140

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053 An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, March 20, 2053, with a magnitude of 0.9919. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the imag ...

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064

Triad

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948 An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9, 1948, with a magnitude of 0.9999. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly o ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 8, 2122

Solar eclipses of 2033–2036

Saros 140

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

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