Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077

Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.4705
Magnitude	0.9371
Maximum eclipse
Duration	474 s (7 min 54 s)
Coordinates	7°48′N 70°48′W / 7.8°N 70.8°W / 7.8; -70.8
Max. width of band	262 km (163 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	17:07:56
References
Saros	134 (47 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9682

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, November 15, 2077,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9371. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4 days after apogee (on November 11, 2077, at 17:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.^[2]

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Oregon, southwestern Washington, northeastern California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas in the United States, the northeastern Yucatán Peninsula, the western tip of Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana, southern Suriname, and extreme southern French Guiana. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and West Africa.