A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, July 13, 2037,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0413. 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. Occurring about 2.6 days before perigee (on July 15, 2037, at 17:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
| Solar eclipse of July 13, 2037 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | −0.7246 |
| Magnitude | 1.0413 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 238 s (3 min 58 s) |
| Coordinates | 24°48′S 139°06′E / 24.8°S 139.1°E |
| Max. width of band | 201 km (125 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:40:36 |
| References | |
| Saros | 127 (59 of 82) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9591 |
Totality will be visible from parts of Australia (including the center of Brisbane and the Gold Coast, as well as Geraldton, Western Australia) and New Zealand. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Indonesia, Australia, and Oceania.
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Eclipse details
editShown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2037 July 13 at 00:16:24.2 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2037 July 13 at 01:26:24.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2037 July 13 at 01:27:34.1 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2037 July 13 at 01:28:44.8 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2037 July 13 at 02:33:00.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2037 July 13 at 02:40:35.9 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2037 July 13 at 02:41:03.4 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2037 July 13 at 02:44:56.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2037 July 13 at 03:52:21.3 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2037 July 13 at 03:53:34.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2037 July 13 at 03:54:46.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2037 July 13 at 05:04:40.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.04131 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.08433 |
| Gamma | −0.72458 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 07h31m06.7s |
| Sun Declination | +21°46'57.5" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'44.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 07h30m56.4s |
| Moon Declination | +21°04'03.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'12.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59'27.3" |
| ΔT | 77.3 s |
Eclipse season
editThis eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| July 13 Ascending node (new moon) |
July 27 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 127 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 139 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2037
edit- A partial solar eclipse on January 16.
- A total lunar eclipse on January 31.
- A total solar eclipse on July 13.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 27.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 2028
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2046
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048
Solar Saros 127
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 2124
Solar eclipses of 2036–2039
editThis 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 117 | July 23, 2036 Partial |
−1.425 | 122 | January 16, 2037 Partial |
1.1477 | |
| 127 | July 13, 2037 Total |
−0.7246 | 132 | January 5, 2038 Annular |
0.4169 | |
| 137 | July 2, 2038 Annular |
0.0398 | 142 | December 26, 2038 Total |
−0.2881 | |
| 147 | June 21, 2039 Annular |
0.8312 | 152 | December 15, 2039 Total |
−0.9458 | |
Saros 127
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 82 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 31 at 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 46–68 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
| February 21, 1803 |
March 4, 1821 |
March 15, 1839 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
| March 25, 1857 |
April 6, 1875 |
April 16, 1893 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
| April 28, 1911 |
May 9, 1929 |
May 20, 1947 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
| May 30, 1965 |
June 11, 1983 |
June 21, 2001 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
| July 2, 2019 |
July 13, 2037 |
July 24, 2055 |
| 61 | 62 | 63 |
| August 3, 2073 |
August 15, 2091 |
August 26, 2109 |
| 64 | 65 | 66 |
| September 6, 2127 |
September 16, 2145 |
September 28, 2163 |
| 67 | 68 | |
| October 8, 2181 |
October 19, 2199 | |
Metonic series
editThe 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 12–13 | April 30–May 1 | February 16–17 | December 5–6 | September 22–23 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| July 13, 2018 |
April 30, 2022 |
February 17, 2026 |
December 5, 2029 |
September 23, 2033 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| July 13, 2037 |
April 30, 2041 |
February 16, 2045 |
December 5, 2048 |
September 22, 2052 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| July 12, 2056 |
April 30, 2060 |
February 17, 2064 |
December 6, 2067 |
September 23, 2071 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| July 13, 2075 |
May 1, 2079 |
February 16, 2083 |
December 6, 2086 |
September 23, 2090 |
| 157 | ||||
| July 12, 2094 | ||||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 25, 1819 (Saros 107) |
February 23, 1830 (Saros 108) |
January 22, 1841 (Saros 109) |
November 21, 1862 (Saros 111) | |
| August 20, 1895 (Saros 114) |
July 21, 1906 (Saros 115) |
June 19, 1917 (Saros 116) | ||
| May 19, 1928 (Saros 117) |
April 19, 1939 (Saros 118) |
March 18, 1950 (Saros 119) |
February 15, 1961 (Saros 120) |
January 16, 1972 (Saros 121) |
| December 15, 1982 (Saros 122) |
November 13, 1993 (Saros 123) |
October 14, 2004 (Saros 124) |
September 13, 2015 (Saros 125) |
August 12, 2026 (Saros 126) |
| July 13, 2037 (Saros 127) |
June 11, 2048 (Saros 128) |
May 11, 2059 (Saros 129) |
April 11, 2070 (Saros 130) |
March 10, 2081 (Saros 131) |
| February 7, 2092 (Saros 132) |
January 8, 2103 (Saros 133) |
December 8, 2113 (Saros 134) |
November 6, 2124 (Saros 135) |
October 7, 2135 (Saros 136) |
| September 6, 2146 (Saros 137) |
August 5, 2157 (Saros 138) |
July 5, 2168 (Saros 139) |
June 5, 2179 (Saros 140) |
May 4, 2190 (Saros 141) |
Inex series
editThis eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
November 30, 1834 (Saros 120) |
November 11, 1863 (Saros 121) |
| October 20, 1892 (Saros 122) |
October 1, 1921 (Saros 123) |
September 12, 1950 (Saros 124) |
| August 22, 1979 (Saros 125) |
August 1, 2008 (Saros 126) |
July 13, 2037 (Saros 127) |
| June 22, 2066 (Saros 128) |
June 2, 2095 (Saros 129) |
May 14, 2124 (Saros 130) |
| April 23, 2153 (Saros 131) |
April 3, 2182 (Saros 132) |
|
References
edit- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- ^ "July 13, 2037 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2037 Jul 13". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 127". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.