Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.0398 |
Magnitude | 0.9911 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 60 s (1 min 0 s) |
Coordinates | 25°24′N 21°54′W / 25.4°N 21.9°W |
Max. width of band | 31 km (19 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 13:32:55 |
References | |
Saros | 137 (37 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9593 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on July 2, 2038. 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. 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.
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Related eclipses
There are a 7 eclipses in 2038 (the maximum possible), included four penumbral lunar eclipses: January 21, June 17, July 16, and December 11.
Solar eclipses of 2036–2039
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
The partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | July 23, 2036![]() Partial |
−1.425 | 122 | January 16, 2037![]() Partial |
1.1477 | |
127 | July 13, 2037![]() Total |
−0.7246 | 132 | January 5, 2038![]() Annular |
0.4169 | |
137 | July 2, 2038![]() Annular |
0.0398 | 142 | December 26, 2038![]() Total |
−0.2881 | |
147 | June 21, 2039![]() Annular |
0.8312 | 152 | December 15, 2039![]() Total |
−0.9458 |
Saros 137
It is a part of Saros cycle 137, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 25, 1389. It contains total eclipses from August 20, 1533 through December 6, 1695, first set of hybrid eclipses from December 17, 1713 through February 11, 1804, first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822 through March 25, 1876, second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894 through April 28, 1930, and second set of annular eclipses from May 9, 1948 through April 13, 2507. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 28, 2633. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 55 seconds on September 10, 1569. Solar Saros 137 has 55 umbral eclipses from August 20, 1533 through April 13, 2507 (973.62 years). That's almost 1 millennium!
Series members 30–40 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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30 | 31 | 32 |
![]() April 17, 1912 |
![]() April 28, 1930 |
![]() May 9, 1948 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() May 30, 1984 |
![]() June 10, 2002 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
![]() June 21, 2020 |
![]() July 2, 2038 |
![]() July 12, 2056 |
39 | 40 | |
![]() July 24, 2074 |
![]() August 3, 2092 |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
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July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
![]() July 1, 2000 |
![]() April 19, 2004 |
![]() February 7, 2008 |
![]() November 25, 2011 |
![]() September 13, 2015 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
![]() July 2, 2019 |
![]() April 20, 2023 |
![]() February 6, 2027 |
![]() November 25, 2030 |
![]() September 12, 2034 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
![]() July 2, 2038 |
![]() April 20, 2042 |
![]() February 5, 2046 |
![]() November 25, 2049 |
![]() September 12, 2053 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
![]() July 1, 2057 |
![]() April 20, 2061 |
![]() February 5, 2065 |
![]() November 24, 2068 |
![]() September 12, 2072 |
157 | ||||
![]() July 1, 2076 |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.