Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2044, with a magnitude of 1.0364. 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 miles wide.

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Totality will be visible in the evening of August 22 across:


 * Northwestern Greenland
 * In Canada:
 * Northern and western Nunavut
 * Central Northwest Territories
 * Extreme southeast Yukon
 * Eastern British Columbia, including Dawson Creek and Fernie
 * Much of Alberta including Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge
 * Southwestern Saskatchewan, including Swift Current
 * In the United States:
 * The northeastern half of Montana. Glacier National Park, Great Falls, Lewistown, and Forsyth will be just inside the path of totality.
 * Western North Dakota, including Williston, Minot, and Dickinson
 * Extreme northwest South Dakota

Partiality will be visible in Siberia in the morning of August 23, and throughout western Canada and United States until sunset on August 22.

The greatest duration of the total eclipse will be observed in the Northwest Territories, approximately 60 miles southeast of Great Bear Lake.

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.

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Eclipses in 2044

 * An annular solar eclipse on February 28, 2044.
 * A total lunar eclipse on March 13, 2044.
 * A total solar eclipse on August 23, 2044.
 * A total lunar eclipse on September 7, 2044.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055

Solar Saros 126

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 25, 2131