Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036

Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
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Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.1942
Magnitude 0.6286
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 71°36′S 131°24′W / 71.6°S 131.4°W / -71.6; -131.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 4:46:49
References
Saros 150 (18 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9587

A partial solar eclipse will occur on February 27, 2036. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

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Solar eclipses of 2033-2036

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.

Metonic cycle

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).

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