Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043
Introduction A total solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, April 9, 2043.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.It will be unusual in that while it is a total solar eclipse, it is not a '''central''' solar eclipse (when the  gamma is 0.9972 or larger). A non-central eclipse is one where the center-line of totality does not intersect the surface of the Earth. Instead, the center line passes just above the Earth's surface. This rare type occurs when totality is only visible at sunset or sunrise in a polar region.
Visibility It will be seen fully from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Magadan Oblast and on the north-east of Yakutia (in the morning on April 10 local time). It will be visible partially throughout on north-east of Russia, in Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Iceland. It will be also partially visible from the western part United States including Alaska and Hawaii and North Pacific.Settlements of total phase: Evensk, Omsukchan, Palana, Seymchan and Zyryanka.
Images File:SE2043Apr09T.gifAnimated path
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 2040–2043====== Saros 149 ====== Metonic series===
References
External links * http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2043Apr09T.GIF