A partial eclipse of the Sun occurs on Wednesday 6 April, 2304 UT, with maximum eclipse at 03:48 UT. With only 12% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this will be a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.

Maximum eclipse is at 03:48:12 UT.

Overview Map

This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This is the 2nd eclipse in solar Saros series 163.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 163, is linked to lunar Saros series 156. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 03:48:12 on 6 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 04:00:21 on 6 Apr TDT
Saros Series 163 Number in Series 2
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.1189
Gamma 1.4957 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 12m09s Error ± 9m04s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating

Note that while all dates and times on this site (except where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time, the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:47 UTC.