Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063

Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.2771
Magnitude 1.075
Maximum eclipse
Duration 349 sec (5 m 49 s)
Coordinates 25°36′N 168°24′E / 25.6°N 168.4°E / 25.6; 168.4
Max. width of band 252 km (157 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 1:22:11
References
Saros 136 (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.

Solar eclipses 2062-2065

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.

121March 11, 2062

Partial		 126September 3, 2062

Partial
131February 28, 2063

Annular		 136August 24, 2063

Total
141February 17, 2064

Annular		 146August 12, 2064

Total
151February 5, 2065

Partial		 156August 2, 2065

Partial

Saros 136

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, 8 seconds.[1]

References

  1. ↑ SEsaros136 at NASA.gov


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