A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 31, 2090, with a magnitude of 0.7843. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southeastern Australia, and Oceania.
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.
+March 31, 2090 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2090 March 31 at 01:27:45.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2090 March 31 at 02:57:30.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2090 March 31 at 03:38:07.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2090 March 31 at 03:50:52.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2090 March 31 at 05:48:45.4 UTC
+March 31, 2090 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.78428 Eclipse Obscuration 0.70680 Gamma −1.10277 Sun Right Ascension 00h40m11.0s Sun Declination +04°19'18.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'00.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h41m23.0s Moon Declination +03°22'02.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'52.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'34.6" ΔT 114.3 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.
+ Eclipse season of March 2090 March 15Ascending node (full moon) March 31Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2090 A total lunar eclipse on March 15. A partial solar eclipse on March 31. A total lunar eclipse on September 8. A total solar eclipse on September 23.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2086 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2097
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2081 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2099
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 1, 2079 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2101
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2108
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2119
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 29, 2177
Solar eclipses of 2087–2090
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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