Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042

Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.2956
Magnitude	1.0614
Maximum eclipse
Duration	291 sec (4 m 51 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	210 km (130 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	2:17:30
References
Saros	139 (31 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9601

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 20, 2042. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It will be seen significantly in Western Indonesia (particularly in Sumatra), Singapore, Eastern Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

Images

File:SE2042Apr20T.gif
Animated path

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2040-2043

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040-2043

Ascending node			Descending node
119	May 11, 2040 150px Partial		124	November 4, 2040 150px Annular
129	April 30, 2041 150px Total		134	October 25, 2041 Annular
139	April 20, 2042 Total		144	October 14, 2042 Annular
149	April 9, 2043 Total		154	October 3, 2043 Annular

Saros 139

It is a part of saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses on August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. Members in the same column are one exeligmos apart and thus occur in the same geographic area.

The solar eclipse of June 13, 2132 will be the longest total solar eclipse since July 11, 1991 at 6 minutes, 55 seconds.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 39 at 7 minutes, 29 seconds on July 16, 2186. This is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000BC and 6000AD.

Series members 24-39 occur between 1901 and 2200:

24	25	26
February 3, 1916	February 14, 1934	February 25, 1952
27	28	29
March 7, 1970	March 18, 1988	March 29, 2006
30	31	32
April 8, 2024	April 20, 2042	April 30, 2060
33	34	35
May 11, 2078	May 22, 2096	June 3, 2114
36	37	38
June 13, 2132	June 25, 2150	July 5, 2168
39
July 16, 2186

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).

This series has 21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.

July 1-2	April 19-20	February 5-7	November 24-25	September 12-13
117	119	121	123	125
July 1, 2000	April 19, 2004	February 7, 2008	November 25, 2011	September 13, 2015
127	129	131	133	135
July 2, 2019	April 20, 2023	February 6, 2027	November 25, 2030	September 12, 2034
137	139	141	143	145
July 2, 2038	April 20, 2042	February 5, 2046	November 25, 2049	September 12, 2053
147	149	151	153	155
July 1, 2057	April 20, 2061	February 5, 2065	November 24, 2068	September 12, 2072
157
July 1, 2076

External links

• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2042Apr20T.GIF