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Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038

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Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.0398
Magnitude0.9911
Maximum eclipse
Duration60 s (1 min 0 s)
Coordinates25°24′N 21°54′W / 25.4°N 21.9°W / 25.4; -21.9
Max. width of band31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:32:55
References
Saros137 (37 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9593

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 2, 2038,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9911. 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. Occurring about 6 days after apogee (on June 26, 2038, at 13:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]

Annularity will be visible from parts of Colombia, Venezuela, Grenada, Barbados, Western Sahara, Mauritania, northern Mali, southern Algeria, Niger, Chad, southwestern Sudan, South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southwestern Somalia. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse details

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Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]

July 2, 2038 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2038 July 02 at 10:37:36.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2038 July 02 at 11:39:19.0 UTC
First Central Line 2038 July 02 at 11:40:07.8 UTC
Greatest Duration 2038 July 02 at 11:40:07.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2038 July 02 at 11:40:56.5 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2038 July 02 at 12:42:42.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2038 July 02 at 13:32:55.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2038 July 02 at 13:33:00.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2038 July 02 at 13:33:21.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2038 July 02 at 14:23:09.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2038 July 02 at 15:24:55.6 UTC
Last Central Line 2038 July 02 at 15:25:41.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2038 July 02 at 15:26:27.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2038 July 02 at 16:28:07.1 UTC
July 2, 2038 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.99113
Eclipse Obscuration 0.98233
Gamma 0.03975
Sun Right Ascension 06h46m55.4s
Sun Declination +22°59'44.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6"
Moon Right Ascension 06h46m55.2s
Moon Declination +23°01'58.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'20.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'19.9"
ΔT 77.8 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of June–July 2038
June 17
Descending node (full moon)
July 2
Ascending node (new moon)
July 16
Descending node (full moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149
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Eclipses in 2038

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 137

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2036–2039

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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.[4]

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
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

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 137, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 25, 1389. It contains total eclipses from August 20, 1533 through December 6, 1695; the first set of hybrid eclipses from December 17, 1713 through February 11, 1804; the first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822 through March 25, 1876; the second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894 through April 28, 1930; and the 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. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 11 at 2 minutes, 55 seconds on September 10, 1569, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 59 at 7 minutes, 5 seconds on February 28, 2435. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 24–46 occur between 1801 and 2200:
24 25 26

February 11, 1804

February 21, 1822

March 4, 1840
27 28 29

March 15, 1858

March 25, 1876

April 6, 1894
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 41

July 24, 2074

August 3, 2092

August 15, 2110
42 43 44

August 25, 2128

September 6, 2146

September 16, 2164
45 46

September 27, 2182

October 9, 2200

Metonic series

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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
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

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

April 14, 1809
(Saros 116)

March 14, 1820
(Saros 117)

February 12, 1831
(Saros 118)

January 11, 1842
(Saros 119)

December 11, 1852
(Saros 120)

November 11, 1863
(Saros 121)

October 10, 1874
(Saros 122)

September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)

August 9, 1896
(Saros 124)

July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)

June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)

May 9, 1929
(Saros 127)

April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)

March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)

February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)

January 4, 1973
(Saros 131)

December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)

November 3, 1994
(Saros 133)

October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)

September 1, 2016
(Saros 135)

August 2, 2027
(Saros 136)

July 2, 2038
(Saros 137)

May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)

April 30, 2060
(Saros 139)

March 31, 2071
(Saros 140)

February 27, 2082
(Saros 141)

January 27, 2093
(Saros 142)

December 29, 2103
(Saros 143)

November 27, 2114
(Saros 144)

October 26, 2125
(Saros 145)

September 26, 2136
(Saros 146)

August 26, 2147
(Saros 147)

July 25, 2158
(Saros 148)

June 25, 2169
(Saros 149)

May 24, 2180
(Saros 150)

April 23, 2191
(Saros 151)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

December 10, 1806
(Saros 129)

November 20, 1835
(Saros 130)

October 30, 1864
(Saros 131)

October 9, 1893
(Saros 132)

September 21, 1922
(Saros 133)

September 1, 1951
(Saros 134)

August 10, 1980
(Saros 135)

July 22, 2009
(Saros 136)

July 2, 2038
(Saros 137)

June 11, 2067
(Saros 138)

May 22, 2096
(Saros 139)

May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)

April 12, 2154
(Saros 141)

March 23, 2183
(Saros 142)

References

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  1. ^ "July 2, 2038 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2038 Jul 02". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 137". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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