Solar eclipse of October 13, 2061

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An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, October 13, 2061,{{cite web|title=October 13, 2061 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2061-october-13|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=17 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.9469. 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 1.1 days before apogee (on April 21, 2061, at 4:00 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=2061&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=17 August 2024}}

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of southern Chile, southern Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for much of South America and Antarctica.

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 2061 Oct 13|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2061Oct13Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=17 August 2024}}

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|+October 13, 2061 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 08:10:37.0 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 09:55:37.2 UTC

First Central Line

| 2061 October 13 at 10:02:17.8 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 10:10:51.8 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2061 October 13 at 10:32:09.7 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2061 October 13 at 10:35:25.8 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2061 October 13 at 10:43:11.8 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 10:52:48.0 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2061 October 13 at 11:01:25.4 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 11:08:09.4 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2061 October 13 at 11:30:32.9 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2061 October 13 at 12:53:24.7 UTC

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|+October 13, 2061 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.94691

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.89664

Gamma

| −0.96393

Sun Right Ascension

| 13h16m11.1s

Sun Declination

| -08°03'03.6"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'01.7"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 13h14m30.5s

Moon Declination

| -08°50'16.1"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'07.5"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'30.4"

ΔT

| 91.6 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 September–October 2061

! September 29
Ascending node (full moon)
!! October 13
Descending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 128

Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 154