Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100

Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.3384
Magnitude	1.0402
Maximum eclipse
Duration	212 s (3 min 32 s)
Coordinates	10°30′S 39°00′E / 10.5°S 39°E / -10.5; 39
Max. width of band	142 km (88 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	8:49:20
References
Saros	146 (32 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9734

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, September 4, 2100,^[1] with a magnitude of 1.0402. 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. Occurring about 2.5 days before perigee (on September 6, 2100, at 20:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.^[2] This will be the last solar eclipse of the 21st century.

The path of totality will be visible from parts of Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, southwestern Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East, and Antarctica.