Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038

Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.0398
Magnitude	0.9911
Maximum eclipse
Duration	60 sec (1 m 0 s)
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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.

Images

File:SE2038Jul02A.gif
Animated path

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

Each member 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.

Note: Partial lunar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036-2039
Descending node		Ascending node
117	July 23, 2036 150px Partial	122	January 16, 2037 150px Partial
127	July 13, 2037 150px Total	132	January 5, 2038 Annular
137	July 2, 2038 Annular	142	December 26, 2038 Total
147	June 21, 2039 Annular	152	December 15, 2039 Total

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).

This series has 21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south 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