Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 12, 2056, with a magnitude of 0.9878. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5.8 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Kiribati, northern Ecuador, southern Colombia, extreme northern Peru, and western Brazil. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Oceania, Hawaii, the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and western South America.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2056 July 12 at 17:25:55.8 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2056 July 12 at 18:27:52.3 UTC
First Central Line2056 July 12 at 18:28:47.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2056 July 12 at 18:28:47.6 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2056 July 12 at 18:29:42.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2056 July 12 at 19:31:43.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2056 July 12 at 20:21:30.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2056 July 12 at 20:21:59.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2056 July 12 at 20:22:15.6 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2056 July 12 at 21:12:16.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2056 July 12 at 22:14:17.7 UTC
Last Central Line2056 July 12 at 22:15:10.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2056 July 12 at 22:16:02.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2056 July 12 at 23:17:56.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.98777
Eclipse Obscuration0.97570
Gamma−0.04261
Sun Right Ascension07h31m42.7s
Sun Declination+21°45'32.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension07h31m42.1s
Moon Declination+21°43'09.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'17.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'08.9"
ΔT88.1 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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 27
Descending node
July 12
Ascending node
July 26
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2056

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 137

Inex

Triad