An annular eclipse of the Sun occurs on Thursday 16 February, 2045 UT, with maximum eclipse at 23:54 UT. A small annular eclipse will cover only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 281 km wide at maximum, and will last 7 minutes and 47 seconds.

The annular eclipse lasts for 7 minutes and 47 seconds. Maximum eclipse is at 23:54:38 UT.

During this eclipse the Sun will be 0.540° in apparent diameter, 1.2% larger than average. The Moon will be just 3 days past apogee, making it very small. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.501° in apparent diameter, which is 5.7% smaller than average; this is not large enough to cover the Sun, which is why this is an annular eclipse. The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Interactive Map

This map shows the visibility of the eclipse. The shaded area will see the annular solar eclipse; however, near the edges of this area, the eclipse will be very short. The bold line shows the centre of the path, where the eclipse will last longest, so this is where you want to be if possible.

Use the zoom controls to zoom in and out; hover your mouse over any point on the centreline to see the time and duration of the eclipse at that point. You can pan and zoom the map to see detail for any part of the eclipse path.

The interactive map is currently not available.

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 annular solar eclipse. It also shows the broader area in which a partial eclipse will be seen. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:

This is the 52nd eclipse in solar Saros series 131.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 131, is linked to lunar Saros series 124. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:54:38 on 16 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 23:56:07 on 16 Feb TDT
Saros Series 131 Number in Series 52
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.9285
Gamma -0.3125 Path Width (km) 281
Delta T 1m29s Error ± 0m25s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration 7m47s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 147815700 km (14.9%) Moon Distance 403307 km (93.3%)
Sun Diameter 0.540° Moon Diameter 0.494° - 0.501°
Apogee 02:58 on 14 Feb UT Perigee 18:44 on 1 Mar UT

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.

The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0% is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee). The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.