Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063

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Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.2771
Magnitude1.075
Maximum eclipse
Duration349 s (5 min 49 s)
Coordinates25°36′N 168°24′E / 25.6°N 168.4°E / 25.6; 168.4
Max. width of band252 km (157 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:22:11
References
Saros136 (40 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9649

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 24, 2063. 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.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses 2062–2065[edit]

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]

121 March 11, 2062

Partial
126 September 3, 2062

Partial
131 February 28, 2063

Annular
136 August 24, 2063

Total
141 February 17, 2064

Annular
146 August 12, 2064

Total
151 February 5, 2065

Partial
156 August 2, 2065

Partial

Saros 136[edit]

Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721, through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.[2]

Series members 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117
29 30 31

Apr 25, 1865

May 6, 1883

May 18, 1901
32 33 34

May 29, 1919

Jun 8, 1937

Jun 20, 1955
35 36 37

Jun 30, 1973

Jul 11, 1991

Jul 22, 2009
38 39 40

Aug 2, 2027

Aug 12, 2045

Aug 24, 2063
41 42 43

Sep 3, 2081

Sep 14, 2099

Sep 26, 2117

Metonic cycle[edit]

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).

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ SEsaros136 at NASA.gov

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