Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036

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Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
Partial eclipse
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Map
Gamma 1.0825
Magnitude 0.8622
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 71°06′N47°00′E / 71.1°N 47°E / 71.1; 47
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:25:45
References
Saros 155 (7 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9589

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, August 21, 2036, [1] with a magnitude of 0.8622. 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.

Contents

A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Western Europe, and Northwest Africa.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2036
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alert 12:07:3813:02:3713:57:231:5064.68%
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Pituffik 13:07:4714:03:5114:59:381:5255.41%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Belushya Guba 19:32:2820:12:3720:21:35 (sunset)0:4972.20%
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Danmarkshavn 16:24:2617:20:1218:14:491:5071.94%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Murmansk 19:41:0120:31:5521:12:44 (sunset)1:3283.11%
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tromsø 18:41:2719:33:5920:24:591:4481.19%
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Reykjavík 16:45:0817:42:0318:36:341:5162.65%
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw 19:11:5419:43:1119:46:52 (sunset)0:3547.78%
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga 20:03:0720:43:2120:47:33 (sunset)0:4466.40%
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki 19:57:2720:47:3220:55:26 (sunset)0:5877.80%
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Tallinn 19:58:4420:47:5520:53:28 (sunset)0:5577.09%
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands Tórshavn 17:53:5618:48:5419:41:241:4768.82%
Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands Mariehamn 19:58:2620:49:1221:15:07 (sunset)1:1776.76%
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm 19:00:0319:50:5520:19:44 (sunset)1:2075.68%
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Klaipėda 20:05:5320:51:3520:55:39 (sunset)0:5071.29%
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo 18:59:3519:51:3920:41:321:4274.12%
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna 19:20:0419:53:0419:56:25 (sunset)0:3647.52%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen 19:07:1719:58:0620:29:45 (sunset)1:2270.53%
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin 19:12:5620:02:4420:18:02 (sunset)1:0566.93%
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Douglas 18:09:5619:02:5919:53:161:4361.60%
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Dublin 18:11:1819:04:2319:54:381:4359.60%
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague 19:17:0920:04:4220:08:12 (sunset)0:5163.74%
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Amsterdam 19:13:5720:05:0220:51:34 (sunset)1:3863.69%
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London 18:15:3619:07:1119:56:041:4060.26%
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels 19:16:5420:07:3420:50:07 (sunset)1:3361.36%
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Luxembourg 19:19:1020:09:0720:40:17 (sunset)1:2160.29%
Flag of France.svg  France Paris 19:20:5020:11:0620:53:46 (sunset)1:3357.54%
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Zurich 19:23:0920:11:5220:26:02 (sunset)1:0357.74%
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Monaco 19:30:1320:17:2820:23:51 (sunset)0:5451.14%
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid 19:38:2220:25:0721:02:57 (sunset)1:2539.98%
References: [1]

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. [2]

August 21, 2036 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2036 August 21 at 15:34:28.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2036 August 21 at 16:56:07.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2036 August 21 at 17:25:45.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2036 August 21 at 17:36:33.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2036 August 21 at 19:17:17.5 UTC
August 21, 2036 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.86225
Eclipse Obscuration0.83814
Gamma1.08247
Sun Right Ascension10h05m24.9s
Sun Declination+11°44'16.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'48.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h06m34.6s
Moon Declination+12°48'10.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'41.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'14.1"
ΔT76.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

Eclipse season of July–August 2036
July 23
Ascending node (new moon)
August 7
Descending node (full moon)
August 21
Ascending node (new moon)
SE2036Jul23P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2036Aug07.png SE2036Aug21P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

Eclipses in 2036

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 155

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. [3]

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
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 March 30, 2033
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Total
0.9778125 September 23, 2033
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Partial
−1.1583
130 March 20, 2034
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Total
0.2894135 September 12, 2034
SE2034Sep12A.png
Annular
−0.3936
140 March 9, 2035
SE2035Mar09A.png
Annular
−0.4368145 September 2, 2035
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Total
0.3727
150 February 27, 2036
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Partial
−1.1942155 August 21, 2036
SE2036Aug21P.png
Partial
1.0825

Saros 155

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It contains total eclipses from September 12, 2072 through August 30, 2649; hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 through October 2, 2703; and annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 through May 8, 3064. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. 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 totality will be produced by member 14 at 4 minutes, 5 seconds on November 6, 2162, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 5 minutes, 31 seconds on April 28, 3046. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 1–16 occur between 1928 and 2200:
123
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June 17, 1928
SE1946Jun29P.png
June 29, 1946
SE1964Jul09P.png
July 9, 1964
456
SE1982Jul20P.png
July 20, 1982
SE2000Jul31P.png
July 31, 2000
SE2018Aug11P.png
August 11, 2018
789
SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036
SE2054Sep02P.png
September 2, 2054
SE2072Sep12T.png
September 12, 2072
101112
SE2090Sep23T.png
September 23, 2090
Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg
October 5, 2108
Saros155 12van71 SE2126Oct16T.jpg
October 16, 2126
131415
Saros155 13van71 SE2144Oct26T.jpg
October 26, 2144
Saros155 14van71 SE2162Nov07T.jpg
November 7, 2162
Saros155 15van71 SE2180Nov17T.jpg
November 17, 2180
16
Saros155 16van71 SE2198Nov28T.jpg
November 28, 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 ascending node.

20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036
June 10–11March 28–29January 14–16November 3August 21–22
117119121123125
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June 10, 1964
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March 28, 1968
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January 16, 1972
SE1975Nov03P.png
November 3, 1975
SE1979Aug22A.png
August 22, 1979
127129131133135
SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983
SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987
SE1991Jan15A.png
January 15, 1991
SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994
SE1998Aug22A.png
August 22, 1998
137139141143145
SE2002Jun10A.png
June 10, 2002
SE2006Mar29T.png
March 29, 2006
SE2010Jan15A.png
January 15, 2010
SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013
SE2017Aug21T.png
August 21, 2017
147149151153155
SE2021Jun10A.png
June 10, 2021
SE2025Mar29P.png
March 29, 2025
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January 14, 2029
SE2032Nov03P.png
November 3, 2032
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August 21, 2036

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 November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2069
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June 6, 1807
(Saros 134)
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May 5, 1818
(Saros 135)
SE1829Apr03T.gif
April 3, 1829
(Saros 136)
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March 4, 1840
(Saros 137)
SE1851Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1851
(Saros 138)
SE1861Dec31T.gif
December 31, 1861
(Saros 139)
SE1872Nov30H.gif
November 30, 1872
(Saros 140)
SE1883Oct30A.gif
October 30, 1883
(Saros 141)
SE1894Sep29T.gif
September 29, 1894
(Saros 142)
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August 30, 1905
(Saros 143)
SE1916Jul30A.png
July 30, 1916
(Saros 144)
SE1927Jun29T.png
June 29, 1927
(Saros 145)
SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938
(Saros 146)
SE1949Apr28P.png
April 28, 1949
(Saros 147)
SE1960Mar27P.png
March 27, 1960
(Saros 148)
SE1971Feb25P.png
February 25, 1971
(Saros 149)
SE1982Jan25P.png
January 25, 1982
(Saros 150)
SE1992Dec24P.png
December 24, 1992
(Saros 151)
SE2003Nov23T.png
November 23, 2003
(Saros 152)
SE2014Oct23P.png
October 23, 2014
(Saros 153)
SE2025Sep21P.png
September 21, 2025
(Saros 154)
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August 21, 2036
(Saros 155)
SE2047Jul22P.png
July 22, 2047
(Saros 156)
SE2058Jun21P.png
June 21, 2058
(Saros 157)
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May 20, 2069
(Saros 158)

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
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January 30, 1805
(Saros 147)
SE1834Jan09P.gif
January 9, 1834
(Saros 148)
SE1862Dec21P.gif
December 21, 1862
(Saros 149)
SE1891Dec01P.gif
December 1, 1891
(Saros 150)
SE1920Nov10P.png
November 10, 1920
(Saros 151)
SE1949Oct21P.png
October 21, 1949
(Saros 152)
SE1978Oct02P.png
October 2, 1978
(Saros 153)
SE2007Sep11P.png
September 11, 2007
(Saros 154)
SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036
(Saros 155)
SE2065Aug02P.png
August 2, 2065
(Saros 156)
SE2094Jul12P.png
July 12, 2094
(Saros 157)
Saros158 04van70 SE2123Jun23P.jpg
June 23, 2123
(Saros 158)
Saros159 02van70 SE2152Jun03P.jpg
June 3, 2152
(Saros 159)
Saros160 01van71 SE2181May13P.jpg
May 13, 2181
(Saros 160)

References

  1. 1 2 "August 21, 2036 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2036 Aug 21". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. 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.
  4. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 155". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.