Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061

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Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
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classification
Type Total
area Eastern Europe , Asia , Arctic , westernmost North America
Total: Russia , Ukraine , Kazakhstan , Svalbard ,
Saros cycle 149 (23 of 71)
Gamma value 0.9578
Greatest eclipse
Duration 2 minutes 37 seconds
place Russia
location 64 ° 32 '  N , 59 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 64 ° 32 '  N , 59 ° 12'  E
time April 20, 2061 2:54:51 AM   UT
size 1.0476

The total solar eclipse of April 20, 2061 takes place largely over Eastern Europe , Asia and the Arctic . In western North America , the partial portion of the eclipse can be seen before sunset.

The eclipse is the first central eclipse of the Saros cycle 149, eclipses of this type take place near the poles , in this case near the North Pole . The northern location also causes an unusual course: the shadow of the moon sweeps the earth predominantly in a north or north-westerly direction. Also noteworthy is the large width of the shadow of up to 558.8 km.

The maximum of the eclipse is about 120 km southeast of the Russian settlement Pechora , the duration of the totality there is 2 minutes and 37 seconds.

course

The eclipse begins over southern Russia and eastern Ukraine at sunrise and the moon's shadow moves rapidly in a north-easterly direction over Kazakhstan . In the further course, the entire Urals are swept over before the shadow races over the Arctic Ocean in a north-easterly direction and reaches the Svalbard archipelago . At sunset the darkness ends shortly before the coast of Greenland .

Places in the totality zone

country place Duration Time ( UT ) comment
Ukraine Luhansk 1m 7s 02:29 The sun rises totally darkened
Russia Volgograd 2m 2s 02:28 The sun rises partially darkened
Russia Orenburg 2m 16s 02:32
Russia Samara 1m 35s 02:34
Kazakhstan Uralsk 2m 21s 02:31
Russia Ufa 2m 30s 02:37
Russia Izhevsk 1m 33s 02:41
Russia Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk) 2m 6s 02:41
Russia Perm 2m 23s 02:43
Russia Naryan-Mar 1m 50s 03:00
Spitsbergen Longyearbyen 2m 18s 03:22 Sun is low

Visibility in German-speaking countries

Since it is night in the German-speaking area at the time of the eclipse, the eclipse remains invisible throughout the entire course.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The duration of the totality, the time of the middle of the totality were determined with the interactive map of NASA ( Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 Apr 20, Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths )

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