Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
Introduction A total solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, August 23, 2044.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.Totality will be visible across the Northwest Territories and Alberta as well as extreme southwestern Saskatchewan in Canada, and will be widely visible in Montana and parts of North Dakota and South Dakota in the United States of America; partiality will be visible throughout the western United States near sunset and in Siberia.This is the last of 41 umbral solar eclipses (annular, total or hybrid) of Solar Saros 126.The first umbral was in 1323 and last will be in 2044.The total duration is 721 years.The greatest duration of the eclipse can be observed in the Northwest Territories, approximately  southeast of Great Bear Lake.
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Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 2044–2047====== Saros 126 ====== Metonic cycle ===21 eclipse events between June 12, 2029, and June 12, 2105June 11–12March 30–31January 16November 4–5August 23–24118120122124126150pxJune 12, 2029150pxMarch 30, 2033150pxJanuary 16, 2037150pxNovember 4, 2040150pxAugust 23, 2044128130132134136150pxJune 11, 2048150pxMarch 30, 2052150pxJanuary 16, 2056150pxNovember 5, 2059150pxAugust 24, 2063138140142144146150pxJune 11, 2067150pxMarch 31, 2071150pxJanuary 16, 2075150pxNovember 4, 2078150pxAugust 24, 2082148150152154150pxJune 11, 2086150pxMarch 31, 2090150pxJanuary 16, 2094150pxNovember 4, 2097
References
External links * http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2044Aug23T.GIF