Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24, 2063,[1] with a magnitude of 1.075. 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 2.5 hours before perigee (on August 24, 2063, at 3:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2] Perigee did occur near the very end of this eclipse.

Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.2771
Magnitude1.075
Maximum eclipse
Duration349 s (5 min 49 s)
Coordinates25°36′N 168°24′E / 25.6°N 168.4°E / 25.6; 168.4
Max. width of band252 km (157 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:22:11
References
Saros136 (40 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9649

The path of totality will be visible from parts of northern China, Mongolia, the northeastern tip of North Korea, southern Primorsky Krai of Russia, northern Japan, and parts of French Polynesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of East Asia, North Asia, Hawaii, and Oceania.

Eclipse details

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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]

August 24, 2063 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2063 August 23 at 22:47:34.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2063 August 23 at 23:42:04.1 UTC
First Central Line 2063 August 23 at 23:43:38.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2063 August 23 at 23:45:12.3 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 00:43:41.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2063 August 24 at 01:08:02.8 UTC
Greatest Duration 2063 August 24 at 01:17:30.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2063 August 24 at 01:19:21.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2063 August 24 at 01:22:10.6 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 02:00:58.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 02:59:17.7 UTC
Last Central Line 2063 August 24 at 03:00:51.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2063 August 24 at 03:02:25.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2063 August 24 at 03:56:52.1 UTC
August 24, 2063 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.07497
Eclipse Obscuration 1.15557
Gamma 0.27715
Sun Right Ascension 10h12m03.7s
Sun Declination +11°07'34.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 10h12m34.5s
Moon Declination +11°22'46.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.6"
ΔT 92.9 s

Eclipse season

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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.

Eclipse season of August–September 2063
August 24
Descending node (new moon)
September 7
Ascending node (full moon)
 
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 136
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 148
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Eclipses in 2063

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 136

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2062–2065

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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.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on July 3, 2065 and December 27, 2065 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2062 to 2065
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 March 11, 2062
 
Partial
−1.0238 126 September 3, 2062
 
Partial
1.0191
131 February 28, 2063
 
Annular
−0.336 136 August 24, 2063
 
Total
0.2771
141 February 17, 2064
 
Annular
0.3597 146 August 12, 2064
 
Total
−0.4652
151 February 5, 2065
 
Partial
1.0336 156 August 2, 2065
 
Partial
−1.2759

Saros 136

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360. It contains annular eclipses from September 8, 1504 through November 12, 1594; hybrid eclipses from November 22, 1612 through January 17, 1703; and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622. 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 annularity was produced by member 9 at 32 seconds on September 8, 1504, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 34 at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds on June 20, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 26–47 occur between 1801 and 2200:
26 27 28
 
March 24, 1811
 
April 3, 1829
 
April 15, 1847
29 30 31
 
April 25, 1865
 
May 6, 1883
 
May 18, 1901
32 33 34
 
May 29, 1919
 
June 8, 1937
 
June 20, 1955
35 36 37
 
June 30, 1973
 
July 11, 1991
 
July 22, 2009
38 39 40
 
August 2, 2027
 
August 12, 2045
 
August 24, 2063
41 42 43
 
September 3, 2081
 
September 14, 2099
 
September 26, 2117
44 45 46
 
October 7, 2135
 
October 17, 2153
 
October 29, 2171
47
 
November 8, 2189

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 12, 2029 and November 4, 2116
June 11–12 March 30–31 January 16 November 4–5 August 23–24
118 120 122 124 126
 
June 12, 2029
 
March 30, 2033
 
January 16, 2037
 
November 4, 2040
 
August 23, 2044
128 130 132 134 136
 
June 11, 2048
 
March 30, 2052
 
January 16, 2056
 
November 5, 2059
 
August 24, 2063
138 140 142 144 146
 
June 11, 2067
 
March 31, 2071
 
January 16, 2075
 
November 4, 2078
 
August 24, 2082
148 150 152 154 156
 
June 11, 2086
 
March 31, 2090
 
January 16, 2094
 
November 4, 2097
 
August 24, 2101
158 160 162 164
 
June 12, 2105
 
November 4, 2116

Tritos series

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This 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
 
September 8, 1801
(Saros 112)
 
August 7, 1812
(Saros 113)
 
July 8, 1823
(Saros 114)
 
June 7, 1834
(Saros 115)
 
May 6, 1845
(Saros 116)
 
April 5, 1856
(Saros 117)
 
March 6, 1867
(Saros 118)
 
February 2, 1878
(Saros 119)
 
January 1, 1889
(Saros 120)
 
December 3, 1899
(Saros 121)
 
November 2, 1910
(Saros 122)
 
October 1, 1921
(Saros 123)
 
August 31, 1932
(Saros 124)
 
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125)
 
June 30, 1954
(Saros 126)
 
May 30, 1965
(Saros 127)
 
April 29, 1976
(Saros 128)
 
March 29, 1987
(Saros 129)
 
February 26, 1998
(Saros 130)
 
January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)
 
December 26, 2019
(Saros 132)
 
November 25, 2030
(Saros 133)
 
October 25, 2041
(Saros 134)
 
September 22, 2052
(Saros 135)
 
August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)
 
July 24, 2074
(Saros 137)
 
June 22, 2085
(Saros 138)
 
May 22, 2096
(Saros 139)
 
April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)
 
March 22, 2118
(Saros 141)
 
February 18, 2129
(Saros 142)
 
January 20, 2140
(Saros 143)
 
December 19, 2150
(Saros 144)
 
November 17, 2161
(Saros 145)
 
October 17, 2172
(Saros 146)
 
September 16, 2183
(Saros 147)
 
August 16, 2194
(Saros 148)

Inex series

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This 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
 
February 21, 1803
(Saros 127)
 
February 1, 1832
(Saros 128)
 
January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)
 
December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)
 
December 3, 1918
(Saros 131)
 
November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)
 
October 23, 1976
(Saros 133)
 
October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)
 
September 12, 2034
(Saros 135)
 
August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)
 
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)
 
July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
 
June 25, 2150
(Saros 139)
 
June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)

References

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  1. ^ "August 23–24, 2063 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2063 Aug 24". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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