| Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0825 |
| Magnitude | 0.8622 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 71°06′N 47°00′E / 71.1°N 47°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:25:45 |
| References | |
| Saros | 155 (7 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9589 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, August 21, 2036. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Animated path
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.[1]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| 120 | March 30, 2033 Total |
125 | September 23, 2033 Partial | |||
| 130 | March 20, 2034 Total |
135 | September 12, 2034 Annular | |||
| 140 | March 9, 2035 Annular |
145 | September 2, 2035 Total | |||
| 150 | February 27, 2036 Partial |
155 | August 21, 2036 Partial | |||
| A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
It is a part of Saros cycle 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days (223 synodic months), contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It has total eclipses from September 12, 2072 to August 30, 2649. The series also has 3 hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 to October 3, 2703 and 20 annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 to May 8, 3064.
The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. The longest total eclipses will be on October 26, 2144 and on November 6, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.[2]
| Series members 1–10 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
 June 17, 1928 |
 June 29, 1946 |
 July 9, 1964 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
 July 20, 1982 |
 July 31, 2000 |
 August 11, 2018 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| August 21, 2036 |
 September 2, 2054 |
 September 12, 2072 |
| 10 | ||
 September 23, 2090 | ||
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 ascending node.
| 21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 10, 1964 |
 March 28, 1968 |
 January 16, 1972 |
 November 3, 1975 |
 August 22, 1979 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 11, 1983 |
 March 29, 1987 |
 January 15, 1991 |
 November 3, 1994 |
 August 22, 1998 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 June 10, 2002 |
 March 29, 2006 |
 January 15, 2010 |
 November 3, 2013 |
 August 21, 2017 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 June 10, 2021 |
 March 29, 2025 |
 January 14, 2029 |
 November 3, 2032 |
August 21, 2036 |
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