Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037

Summary

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Friday, January 16, 2037. 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.

Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1477
Magnitude0.7049
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68°30′N 20°48′E / 68.5°N 20.8°E / 68.5; 20.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:48:55
References
Saros122 (59 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9590

Images edit

 
Animated path

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses of 2036–2039 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]

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

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039
Ascending node   Descending node
117 July 23, 2036
 
Partial
122 January 16, 2037
 
Partial
127 July 13, 2037
 
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 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.

External links edit

  • NASA graphics