| Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.4169 |
| Magnitude | 0.9728 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 198 sec (3 m 18 s) |
| Coordinates | 2°06′N 25°24′W / 2.1°N 25.4°W |
| Max. width of band | 107 km (66 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:47:11 |
| References | |
| Saros | 132 (47 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9592 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on January 5, 2038. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Animated path
There are 7 eclipses in 2038 (the maximum possible), included four penumbral lunar eclipses: January 21, June 17, July 16, and December 11.
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]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2036–2039 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 117 | July 23, 2036 Partial |
122 | January 16, 2037 Partial | |
| 127 | July 13, 2037 Total |
132 | January 5, 2038 Annular | |
| 137 | July 2, 2038 Annular |
142 | December 26, 2038 Total | |
| 147 | June 21, 2039 Annular |
152 | December 15, 2039 Total | |
This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 132, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 13, 1208. It contains annular eclipses from March 17, 1569 through March 12, 2146, hybrid on March 23, 2164 and April 3, 2183 and total eclipses from April 14, 2200 through June 19, 2308. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 25, 2470. The longest duration of annular was 6 minutes, 56 seconds on May 9, 1641, and totality will be 2 minutes, 14 seconds on June 8, 2290. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
| Series members 28–50 occur between 1690 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
 June 11, 1695 |
 June 22, 1713 |
 July 4, 1731 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 |
 July 14, 1749 |
 July 25, 1767 |
 August 5, 1785 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
 August 17, 1803 |
 August 27, 1821 |
 September 7, 1839 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 |
 September 18, 1857 |
 September 29, 1875 |
 October 9, 1893 |
| 40 | 41 | 42 |
 October 22, 1911 |
 November 1, 1929 |
 November 12, 1947 |
| 43 | 44 | 45 |
 November 23, 1965 |
 December 4, 1983 |
 December 14, 2001 |
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
 December 26, 2019 |
January 5, 2038 |
 January 16, 2056 |
| 49 | 50 | |
 January 27, 2074 |
 February 7, 2092 | |
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.
| 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 June 1, 2011 |
 March 20, 2015 |
 January 6, 2019 |
 October 25, 2022 |
 August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 March 20, 2034 |
January 5, 2038 |
 October 25, 2041 |
 August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 May 31, 2049 |
 March 20, 2053 |
 January 5, 2057 |
 October 24, 2060 |
 August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 May 31, 2068 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 January 6, 2076 |
 October 24, 2079 |
 August 13, 2083 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
 June 1, 2087 |
 October 24, 2098 |
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