Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 2, 2038, 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
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.

Images

Animated path

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 Contact2038 July 2 at 10:37:36.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2038 July 2 at 11:39:19.0 UTC
First Central Line2038 July 2 at 11:40:07.8 UTC
Greatest Duration2038 July 2 at 11:40:07.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2038 July 2 at 11:40:56.5 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2038 July 2 at 12:42:42.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2038 July 2 at 13:32:55.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2038 July 2 at 13:33:00.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2038 July 2 at 13:33:21.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2038 July 2 at 14:23:09.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2038 July 2 at 15:24:55.6 UTC
Last Central Line2038 July 2 at 15:25:41.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2038 July 2 at 15:26:27.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2038 July 2 at 16:28:07.1 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.99113
Eclipse Obscuration0.98233
Gamma0.03975
Sun Right Ascension06h46m55.4s
Sun Declination+22°59'44.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.6"
Moon Right Ascension06h46m55.2s
Moon Declination+23°01'58.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'20.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'19.9"
ΔT77.8 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 17
Descending node
July 2
Ascending node
July 16
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2038

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 137

Inex

Triad