Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066

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| previous = Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065

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An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 22, 2066,{{cite web|title=June 22, 2066 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2066-june-22|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=19 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.9435. 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 8 hours after apogee (on June 22, 2066, at 11:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2066&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=19 August 2024}}

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, northern Canada, and the Azores. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of northern Russia, Canada, Greenland, the United States, the Caribbean, Northern Europe, and Western Europe.

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.{{cite web|title=Annular Solar Eclipse of 2066 Jun 22|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2066Jun22Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=19 August 2024}}

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|+June 22, 2066 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 16:41:43.1 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 18:02:00.7 UTC

First Central Line

| 2066 June 22 at 18:05:23.1 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 18:08:50.3 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2066 June 22 at 19:15:57.6 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2066 June 22 at 19:17:05.8 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2066 June 22 at 19:22:58.8 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2066 June 22 at 19:25:47.7 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 20:42:52.0 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2066 June 22 at 20:46:18.8 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 20:49:40.9 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2066 June 22 at 22:09:56.0 UTC

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|+June 22, 2066 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.94346

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.89012

Gamma

| 0.73297

Sun Right Ascension

| 06h07m28.7s

Sun Declination

| +23°25'11.2"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'44.2"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 06h07m48.1s

Moon Declination

| +24°04'22.4"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'42.0"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°53'57.0"

ΔT

| 94.9 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of June–July 2066

! June 22
Descending node (new moon)
!! July 7
Ascending node (full moon)

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| Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 128

Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 140