Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035


A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, September 2, 2035, with a magnitude of 1.032. 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 2.9 days after perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Totality will be visible from parts of northern China, North Korea, the extreme northern tip of South Korea and Japan. A partial eclipse will be visible for most of Asia, northern Oceania, Hawaii, southwest Alaska, and the western United States.

Visibility

The path of totality will cross two Asian capital cities, Beijing, China and Pyongyang, North Korea, and will pass north of a third, Tokyo, Japan.

In popular culture

The 2035 eclipse is the setting of the 2003 video game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Dracula's castle is located inside the solar eclipse, having been sealed there in Solar eclipse of [August 11, 1999|1999].

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 Contact2035 September 1 at 23:16:45.8 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2035 September 2 at 00:17:05.5 UTC
First Central Line2035 September 2 at 00:17:36.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2035 September 2 at 00:18:06.7 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2035 September 2 at 01:28:48.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2035 September 2 at 01:45:01.1 UTC
Greatest Duration2035 September 2 at 01:53:17.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2035 September 2 at 01:56:46.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2035 September 2 at 02:00:44.2 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2035 September 2 at 02:25:01.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2035 September 2 at 03:35:37.6 UTC
Last Central Line2035 September 2 at 03:36:05.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2035 September 2 at 03:36:33.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2035 September 2 at 04:36:57.8 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.03204
Eclipse Obscuration1.06510
Gamma0.37273
Sun Right Ascension10h44m07.3s
Sun Declination+08°01'09.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h44m32.4s
Moon Declination+08°22'14.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'06.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°59'06.9"
ΔT76.4 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.
August 19
Descending node
September 2
Ascending node
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 119		Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 145

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2035

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 145

Inex

Triad