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A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, February 27, 2036, with a magnitude of 0.6286. 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.

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Eclipses in 2036

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 150

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2033–2036

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]

The partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 March 30, 2033

Total
0.9778 125 September 23, 2033

Partial
−1.1583
130 March 20, 2034

Total
0.2894 135 September 12, 2034

Annular
−0.3936
140 March 9, 2035

Annular
−0.4368 145 September 2, 2035

Total
0.3727
150 February 27, 2036

Partial
−1.1942 155 August 21, 2036

Partial
1.0825

Saros 150

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]

Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200:
5 6 7

October 7, 1801

October 19, 1819

October 29, 1837
8 9 10

November 9, 1855

November 20, 1873

December 1, 1891
11 12 13

December 12, 1909

December 24, 1927

January 3, 1946
14 15 16

January 14, 1964

January 25, 1982

February 5, 2000
17 18 19

February 15, 2018

February 27, 2036

March 9, 2054
20 21 22

March 19, 2072

March 31, 2090

April 11, 2108
23 24 25

April 22, 2126

May 3, 2144

May 14, 2162
26 27

May 24, 2180

June 4, 2198

Metonic series

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 July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124

July 22, 1971

May 11, 1975

February 26, 1979

December 15, 1982

October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134

July 22, 1990

May 10, 1994

February 26, 1998

December 14, 2001

October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144

July 22, 2009

May 10, 2013

February 26, 2017

December 14, 2020

October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154

July 22, 2028

May 9, 2032

February 27, 2036

December 15, 2039

October 3, 2043
156

July 22, 2047

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipses on December 18, 2188 (part of Saros 164) and November 18, 2199 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2134

December 10, 1806
(Saros 129)

November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)

October 9, 1828
(Saros 131)

September 7, 1839
(Saros 132)

August 7, 1850
(Saros 133)

July 8, 1861
(Saros 134)

June 6, 1872
(Saros 135)

May 6, 1883
(Saros 136)

April 6, 1894
(Saros 137)

March 6, 1905
(Saros 138)

February 3, 1916
(Saros 139)

January 3, 1927
(Saros 140)

December 2, 1937
(Saros 141)

November 1, 1948
(Saros 142)

October 2, 1959
(Saros 143)

August 31, 1970
(Saros 144)

July 31, 1981
(Saros 145)

June 30, 1992
(Saros 146)

May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)

April 29, 2014
(Saros 148)

March 29, 2025
(Saros 149)

February 27, 2036
(Saros 150)

January 26, 2047
(Saros 151)

December 26, 2057
(Saros 152)

November 24, 2068
(Saros 153)

October 24, 2079
(Saros 154)

September 23, 2090
(Saros 155)

August 24, 2101
(Saros 156)

July 23, 2112
(Saros 157)

June 23, 2123
(Saros 158)

May 23, 2134
(Saros 159)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

August 5, 1804
(Saros 142)

July 17, 1833
(Saros 143)

June 27, 1862
(Saros 144)

June 6, 1891
(Saros 145)

May 18, 1920
(Saros 146)

April 28, 1949
(Saros 147)

April 7, 1978
(Saros 148)

March 19, 2007
(Saros 149)

February 27, 2036
(Saros 150)

February 5, 2065
(Saros 151)

January 16, 2094
(Saros 152)

December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)

December 8, 2151
(Saros 154)

November 17, 2180
(Saros 155)

References

  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 150". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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