Solar eclipse of March 10, 2100

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11, 2100,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9338. 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 2.9 days before apogee (on March 13, 2100, at 21:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]

Solar eclipse of March 10, 2100
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.3077
Magnitude0.9338
Maximum eclipse
Duration449 s (7 min 29 s)
Coordinates12°00′N 162°24′W / 12°N 162.4°W / 12; -162.4
Max. width of band257 km (160 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse22:28:11
References
Saros141 (28 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9733

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of northeastern Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Hawaii, California, Oregon, northwestern Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota in the United States. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and North America.

Eclipse details

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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.[3]

March 10, 2100 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2100 March 10 at 19:26:43.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2100 March 10 at 20:33:05.4 UTC
First Central Line 2100 March 10 at 20:36:01.0 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2100 March 10 at 20:38:57.2 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2100 March 10 at 21:52:49.6 UTC
Greatest Duration 2100 March 10 at 22:21:55.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2100 March 10 at 22:28:11.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2100 March 10 at 22:31:51.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2100 March 10 at 22:48:12.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2100 March 10 at 23:03:03.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2100 March 11 at 00:17:11.1 UTC
Last Central Line 2100 March 11 at 00:20:09.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2100 March 11 at 00:23:06.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2100 March 11 at 01:29:34.7 UTC
March 10, 2100 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.93384
Eclipse Obscuration 0.87205
Gamma 0.30770
Sun Right Ascension 23h24m46.6s
Sun Declination -03°47'43.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 23h24m14.3s
Moon Declination -03°33'06.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'49.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'24.7"
ΔT 123.8 s

Eclipse season

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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.

Eclipse season of February–March 2100
February 24
Descending node (full moon)
March 10
Ascending node (new moon)
 
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 115
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 141
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Eclipses in 2100

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 141

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2098–2101

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]

The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2098 to 2101
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 April 1, 2098
 
Partial
−1.1005 126 September 25, 2098
 
Partial
1.14
131 March 21, 2099
 
Annular
−0.4016 136 September 14, 2099
 
Total
0.3942
141 March 10, 2100
 
Annular
0.3077 146 September 4, 2100
 
Total
−0.3384
151 February 28, 2101
 
Annular
0.9964 156 August 24, 2101
 
Partial
−1.1392

Saros 141

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
12 13 14
 
September 17, 1811
 
September 28, 1829
 
October 9, 1847
15 16 17
 
October 19, 1865
 
October 30, 1883
 
November 11, 1901
18 19 20
 
November 22, 1919
 
December 2, 1937
 
December 14, 1955
21 22 23
 
December 24, 1973
 
January 4, 1992
 
January 15, 2010
24 25 26
 
January 26, 2028
 
February 5, 2046
 
February 17, 2064
27 28 29
 
February 27, 2082
 
March 10, 2100
 
March 22, 2118
30 31 32
 
April 1, 2136
 
April 12, 2154
 
April 23, 2172
33
 
May 4, 2190

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

23 eclipse events between August 3, 2054 and October 16, 2145
August 3–4 May 22–24 March 10–11 December 27–29 October 14–16
117 119 121 123 125
 
August 3, 2054
 
May 22, 2058
 
March 11, 2062
 
December 27, 2065
 
October 15, 2069
127 129 131 133 135
 
August 3, 2073
 
May 22, 2077
 
March 10, 2081
 
December 27, 2084
 
October 14, 2088
137 139 141 143 145
 
August 3, 2092
 
May 22, 2096
 
March 10, 2100
 
December 29, 2103
 
October 16, 2107
147 149 151 153 155
 
August 4, 2111
 
May 24, 2115
 
March 11, 2119
 
December 28, 2122
 
October 16, 2126
157 159 161 163 165
 
August 4, 2130
 
May 23, 2134
 
October 16, 2145

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
June 26, 1805
(Saros 114)
 
May 27, 1816
(Saros 115)
 
April 26, 1827
(Saros 116)
 
March 25, 1838
(Saros 117)
 
February 23, 1849
(Saros 118)
 
January 23, 1860
(Saros 119)
 
December 22, 1870
(Saros 120)
 
November 21, 1881
(Saros 121)
 
October 20, 1892
(Saros 122)
 
September 21, 1903
(Saros 123)
 
August 21, 1914
(Saros 124)
 
July 20, 1925
(Saros 125)
 
June 19, 1936
(Saros 126)
 
May 20, 1947
(Saros 127)
 
April 19, 1958
(Saros 128)
 
March 18, 1969
(Saros 129)
 
February 16, 1980
(Saros 130)
 
January 15, 1991
(Saros 131)
 
December 14, 2001
(Saros 132)
 
November 13, 2012
(Saros 133)
 
October 14, 2023
(Saros 134)
 
September 12, 2034
(Saros 135)
 
August 12, 2045
(Saros 136)
 
July 12, 2056
(Saros 137)
 
June 11, 2067
(Saros 138)
 
May 11, 2078
(Saros 139)
 
April 10, 2089
(Saros 140)
 
March 10, 2100
(Saros 141)
 
February 8, 2111
(Saros 142)
 
January 8, 2122
(Saros 143)
 
December 7, 2132
(Saros 144)
 
November 7, 2143
(Saros 145)
 
October 7, 2154
(Saros 146)
 
September 5, 2165
(Saros 147)
 
August 4, 2176
(Saros 148)
 
July 6, 2187
(Saros 149)
 
June 4, 2198
(Saros 150)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
September 28, 1810
(Saros 131)
 
September 7, 1839
(Saros 132)
 
August 18, 1868
(Saros 133)
 
July 29, 1897
(Saros 134)
 
July 9, 1926
(Saros 135)
 
June 20, 1955
(Saros 136)
 
May 30, 1984
(Saros 137)
 
May 10, 2013
(Saros 138)
 
April 20, 2042
(Saros 139)
 
March 31, 2071
(Saros 140)
 
March 10, 2100
(Saros 141)
 
February 18, 2129
(Saros 142)
 
January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)
 
January 9, 2187
(Saros 144)

References

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  1. ^ "March 10–11, 2100 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2100 Mar 10". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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