A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 20, 2061,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0475. 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. Occurring about 1.1 days before perigee (on April 21, 2061, at 4:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
The eclipse will begin over Southern Russia and eastern Ukraine at sunrise and the moon shadow will move rapidly in a northeastern direction over west Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region). The shadow will cover the Urals and races over the Arctic Ocean in a north-westerly direction and reaches the Svalbard archipelago. At sunset the eclipse will end just before the coast of Greenland.
The greatest eclipse will be in Russia on the east of Komi Republic (in Europe), ~120 km to south-east of Pechora.
A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Eastern Europe, Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada.
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]
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2061 April 20 at 00:52:32.9 UTC | |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2061 April 20 at 02:23:47.2 UTC | |
| First Central Line | 2061 April 20 at 02:27:39.9 UTC | |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2061 April 20 at 02:32:06.2 UTC | |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2061 April 20 at 02:56:49.1 UTC | |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2061 April 20 at 03:06:25.5 UTC | |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2061 April 20 at 03:45:10.8 UTC | |
| Greatest Duration | 2061 April 20 at 09:41:30.5 UTC | |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2061 April 20 at 03:21:00.1 UTC | |
| Last Central Line | 2061 April 20 at 03:25:27.9 UTC | |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2061 April 20 at 03:29:22.2 UTC | |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2061 April 20 at 05:00:43.2 UTC |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04755 | |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.09736 | |
| Gamma | 0.95776 | |
| Sun Right Ascension | 01h53m47.8s | |
| Sun Declination | +11°39'59.8" | |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'55.3" | |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" | |
| Moon Right Ascension | 01h52m03.2s | |
| Moon Declination | +12°32'19.1" | |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'36.4" | |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'56.9" | |
| ΔT | 91.3 s |
See also: Eclipse cycle. 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.