Nature Total Magnitude 1.0562 Max. width of band 463 km (288 mi) Start date September 23, 2090 | Gamma 0.9157 Duration 216 sec (3 m 36 s) Greatest eclipse 16:56:36 | |
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A total solar eclipse will occur on September 23, 2090. 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. This solar eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible from the United Kingdom mainland since August 11, 1999. The totality will be visible in Poole, Newquay, Plymouth, Southampton, Newport and a non visible sun will be visible in Birmingham, London, Exeter, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin, Weston Super Mare, Bristol and Oxford.
Solar eclipses 2087-2090
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.