Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
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| Annular eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | 0.0398 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.9911 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 60 s (1 min 0 s) |
| Coordinates | 25°24′N 21°54′W / 25.4°N 21.9°W |
| Max. width of band | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:32:55 |
| References | |
| Saros | 137 (37 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9593 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 2, 2038,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9911. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6 days after apogee (on June 26, 2038, at 13:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]
This solar eclipse is notable as it is the closest eclipse in Saros 137 to the subsolar point with an eclipse gamma of 0.0398.
Annularity will be visible from parts of Colombia, Venezuela, Grenada, Barbados, Western Sahara, Mauritania, northern Mali, southern Algeria, Niger, Chad, southwestern Sudan, South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southwestern Somalia. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East.
Animated path
Eclipse timing
Places experiencing annular eclipse
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Start of annular eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of annular eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of annularity (min:s) | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Colombia | Buenaventura | 06:02:11 (sunrise) | 06:39:20 | 06:39:47 | 06:40:13 | 07:49:33 | 0:53 | 1:47 | 95.51% |
| Colombia | Armenia | 05:55:30 (sunrise) | 06:39:51 | 06:40:15 | 06:40:40 | 07:51:05 | 0:49 | 1:56 | 95.60% |
| Colombia | Pereira | 05:55:06 (sunrise) | 06:39:40 | 06:40:25 | 06:41:10 | 07:51:16 | 1:30 | 1:56 | 95.61% |
| Colombia | Manizales | 05:53:53 (sunrise) | 06:39:51 | 06:40:35 | 06:41:19 | 07:51:36 | 1:28 | 1:58 | 95.62% |
| Colombia | Arauca | 05:38:42 | 06:42:16 | 06:42:57 | 06:43:38 | 07:57:50 | 1:22 | 2:19 | 95.93% |
 Venezuela | Cumaná | 06:40:15 | 07:48:05 | 07:48:47 | 07:49:29 | 09:10:00 | 1:24 | 2:30 | 96.38% |
 Niger | Arlit | 14:16:17 | 15:52:41 | 15:53:12 | 15:53:44 | 17:13:09 | 1:03 | 2:57 | 97.51% |
| References: [1] | |||||||||
Places experiencing partial eclipse
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ecuador | Quito | 06:14:57 (sunrise) | 06:37:50 | 07:45:50 | 1:31 | 84.37% | |||
| Colombia | Bogotá | 05:48:59 (sunrise) | 06:40:32 | 07:52:30 | 2:04 | 94.00% | |||
 Panama | Panama City | 06:03:09 (sunrise) | 06:42:49 | 07:50:32 | 1:47 | 77.77% | |||
| Venezuela | Caracas | 06:40:26 | 07:47:14 | 09:05:49 | 2:25 | 93.28% | |||
 Guyana | Georgetown | 06:39:14 | 07:50:26 | 09:16:03 | 2:37 | 75.32% | |||
 Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 06:40:33 | 07:50:52 | 09:14:46 | 2:34 | 94.13% | |||
 Grenada | St. George's | 06:41:38 | 07:51:58 | 09:15:49 | 2:34 | 96.52% | |||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 06:42:40 | 07:53:29 | 09:17:55 | 2:35 | 94.10% | |||
 Saint Lucia | Castries | 06:43:31 | 07:54:33 | 09:19:13 | 2:36 | 91.67% | |||
 Barbados | Bridgetown | 06:42:50 | 07:54:49 | 09:21:01 | 2:38 | 96.68% | |||
 Martinique | Fort-de-France | 06:44:07 | 07:55:06 | 09:19:38 | 2:36 | 89.55% | |||
 Dominica | Roseau | 06:44:50 | 07:55:35 | 09:19:39 | 2:35 | 86.70% | |||
 Puerto Rico | San Juan | 06:49:06 | 07:55:35 | 09:13:10 | 2:24 | 68.54% | |||
 Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 06:45:37 | 07:56:03 | 09:19:35 | 2:34 | 83.80% | |||
 Spain | Valverde | 12:56:29 | 14:43:58 | 16:27:19 | 3:31 | 89.53% | |||
| Spain | Las Palmas | 13:03:33 | 14:51:05 | 16:32:05 | 3:29 | 87.56% | |||
 Western Sahara | Laayoune | 13:09:19 | 14:58:00 | 16:37:45 | 3:28 | 90.40% | |||
 Morocco | Casablanca | 13:30:29 | 15:07:32 | 16:35:31 | 3:05 | 62.40% | |||
 Mali | Timbuktu | 12:45:42 | 14:34:39 | 16:04:38 | 3:19 | 77.34% | |||
 Algeria | Tamanrasset | 14:07:53 | 15:45:31 | 17:06:59 | 2:59 | 86.80% | |||
| Niger | Niamey | 14:06:54 | 15:49:23 | 17:12:46 | 3:06 | 72.45% | |||
| Niger | Agadez | 14:19:41 | 15:56:04 | 17:15:16 | 2:56 | 93.63% | |||
 Chad | N'Djamena | 14:42:10 | 16:09:40 | 17:22:16 | 2:40 | 87.75% | |||
 Sudan | Khartoum | 16:06:41 | 17:16:25 | 18:17:15 | 2:11 | 68.87% | |||
 Central African Republic | Birao | 14:57:41 | 16:17:11 | 17:24:24 | 2:27 | 93.94% | |||
 Somalia | Bardere | 17:20:04 | 18:20:12 | 18:22:35 (sunset) | 1:03 | 88.65% | |||
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 17:15:18 | 18:21:42 | 18:48:14 (sunset) | 1:33 | 80.99% | |||
 South Sudan | Juba | 16:12:25 | 17:23:46 | 18:09:38 (sunset) | 1:57 | 89.18% | |||
 Uganda | Kampala | 17:16:45 | 18:25:51 | 18:57:58 (sunset) | 1:41 | 74.93% | |||
 Kenya | Nairobi | 17:20:07 | 18:26:24 | 18:38:18 (sunset) | 1:18 | 75.79% | |||
| References: [1] | |||||||||
Eclipse details
Shown 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 | 2038 July 2 at 10:37:36.5 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2038 July 2 at 11:39:19.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2038 July 2 at 11:40:07.8 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2038 July 2 at 11:40:07.8 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2038 July 2 at 11:40:56.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2038 July 2 at 12:42:42.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2038 July 2 at 13:32:55.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2038 July 2 at 13:33:00.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2038 July 2 at 13:33:21.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2038 July 2 at 14:23:09.1 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2038 July 2 at 15:24:55.6 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2038 July 2 at 15:25:41.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2038 July 2 at 15:26:27.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2038 July 2 at 16:28:07.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.99113 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.98233 |
| Gamma | 0.03975 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 06h46m55.4s |
| Sun Declination | +22°59'44.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'43.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.6" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 06h46m55.2s |
| Moon Declination | +23°01'58.2" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'20.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'19.9" |
| ΔT | 77.8 s |
Eclipse season
This 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
| June 17 Descending node (full moon) | July 2 Ascending node (new moon) | July 16 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|---|
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| Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 111 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 137 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 149 |
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