Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038
| Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.2881 |
| Magnitude | 1.0268 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 138 sec (2 m 18 s) |
| Coordinates | 40°18′S 164°00′E / 40.3°S 164°E |
| Max. width of band | 95 km (59 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 1:00:10 |
| References | |
| Saros | 142 (24 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9594 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on December 26, 2038. 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.
Animated path
There are a 7 eclipses in 2038 (the maximum possible), included four penumbral lunar eclipses: January 21, June 17, July 16, and December 11.
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.
Note: Partial lunar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.
It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.
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