Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037

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

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.

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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.

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