Solar Eclipse Of March 9, 2054
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A partial
solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
will occur at the Moon's
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of orbit on Monday, March 9, 2054, with a
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of 0.6678. A
solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
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. 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
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, and southern
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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 2054

* A total lunar eclipse on February 22. * A partial solar eclipse on March 9. * A partial solar eclipse on August 3. * A total lunar eclipse on August 18. * A partial solar eclipse on September 2.


Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2050 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057


Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061


Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2045 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063


Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065


Solar Saros 150

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072


Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083


Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 8, 2141


Solar eclipses of 2051–2054


Saros 150


Metonic series


Tritos series


Inex series


References


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NASA graphics
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