Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038

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Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
Annular eclipse
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Map
Gamma 0.4169
Magnitude 0.9728
Maximum eclipse
Duration198 s (3 min 18 s)
Coordinates 2°06′N25°24′W / 2.1°N 25.4°W / 2.1; -25.4
Max. width of band107 km (66 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:47:11
References
Saros 132 (47 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9592

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 5, 2038, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9728. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.8 days after perigee (on December 29, 2037, at 18:50 UTC) and 7 days before apogee (on January 12, 2038, at 14:00 UTC). [2]

Contents

Annularity will be visible from parts of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, northwestern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, southeastern Libya, northwestern Sudan, and southwestern Egypt. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Europe, and the northern two-thirds of Africa.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of January 5, 2038
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Trinidad 06:59:37 (sunrise)07:03:2007:04:4207:06:0308:16:102:431:1792.11%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Sancti Spíritus 06:57:44 (sunrise)07:03:3207:04:5207:06:1108:16:422:391:1992.14%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Santa Clara 07:00:44 (sunrise)07:03:5307:04:5907:06:0408:16:272:111:1692.10%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Camagüey 06:50:34 (sunrise)07:03:4507:05:0007:06:1508:17:552:301:2792.22%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Santiago de Cuba 06:39:39 (sunrise)07:03:4307:05:0507:06:2808:19:362:451:4092.35%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Holguín 06:43:00 (sunrise)07:04:2107:05:1807:06:1308:19:271:521:3692.31%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Port-au-Prince 06:22:56 (sunrise)07:04:3907:06:0207:07:2708:23:252:482:0092.55%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Gonaïves 06:26:00 (sunrise)07:05:4607:06:1107:06:3608:23:130:501:5792.51%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic San Juan de la Maguana 07:18:58 (sunrise)08:06:3108:06:4308:06:5509:25:010:242:0692.55%
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 06:59:4108:12:1608:13:3208:14:4609:42:222:302:4393.24%
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Castries 06:59:5308:13:3708:13:5208:14:0709:42:530:302:4393.23%
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Vieux Fort 06:59:5108:12:4208:13:5308:15:0309:42:582:212:4393.24%
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Bridgetown 07:00:1308:14:1108:15:2108:16:3109:46:042:202:4693.32%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Daloa 12:58:4614:47:4314:49:1514:50:4716:20:083:043:2194.08%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Bouaké 13:04:1014:51:1814:52:5014:54:2216:21:553:043:1893.98%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Dabakala 13:06:3314:53:3014:54:2214:55:1516:22:411:453:1693.93%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Tamale 13:18:5815:00:2815:01:5815:03:2816:26:123:003:0793.72%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Mango 13:23:2715:03:0815:04:3415:06:0016:27:212:523:0493.62%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Natitingou 14:26:1116:04:4616:06:0716:07:2917:28:002:433:0293.58%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Kandi 14:31:0016:07:2216:08:4716:10:1417:29:062:522:5893.47%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Birnin Kebbi 14:34:5316:09:5516:10:5016:11:4717:29:521:522:5593.37%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Sokoto 14:37:4916:11:4916:12:2216:12:5517:30:241:062:5393.29%
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Maradi 14:42:3716:13:2416:14:5116:16:1917:31:162:552:4993.18%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Katsina 14:43:4716:14:5616:15:2816:16:0217:31:291:062:4893.17%
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Zinder 14:47:1016:16:0416:17:0816:18:1217:31:582:082:4593.07%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of January 5, 2038
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Kingston 06:39:43 (sunrise)07:04:0408:17:411:3887.15%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Labadee 06:24:51 (sunrise)07:06:3208:23:541:5991.44%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Cap-Haïtien 06:24:38 (sunrise)07:06:3308:23:571:5991.46%
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Nassau 06:55:31 (sunrise)07:07:0608:19:531:2481.76%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 07:13:10 (sunrise)08:07:2109:26:482:1492.25%
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas 06:59:1108:08:1209:30:022:3177.38%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico San Juan 07:00:0008:10:0209:32:542:3587.13%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Miami 07:08:22 (sunrise)07:11:0008:17:441:0981.23%
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 07:00:2008:12:4309:39:072:3985.93%
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada St. George's 06:59:3008:12:5409:41:082:4290.58%
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 06:59:3908:13:0809:41:352:4286.44%
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 07:00:0908:13:2509:41:112:4188.64%
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica Roseau 07:00:0308:13:3809:41:572:4290.35%
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique Fort-de-France 06:59:5908:13:5209:42:402:4391.99%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Havana 07:11:46 (sunrise)07:14:5708:14:501:0377.35%
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Georgetown 07:01:3708:17:3209:49:362:4878.94%
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Paramaribo 08:03:1309:22:0010:58:032:5580.34%
Flag of France.svg  French Guiana Cayenne 08:05:0909:26:5111:06:503:0281.75%
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Conakry 12:33:3714:29:4916:09:093:3679.39%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Freetown 12:34:3914:31:0316:10:113:3683.25%
Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia Monrovia 12:42:2914:37:3816:14:073:3293.05%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 13:02:5814:51:5916:21:273:1893.86%
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 13:18:0615:01:0616:25:333:0786.17%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Accra 13:20:1115:02:0016:25:243:0582.32%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Lomé 13:24:5315:04:4616:26:383:0281.98%
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo 16:14:3117:06:2417:09:13 (sunset)0:5559.78%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Porto-Novo 14:29:1816:07:1317:27:362:5880.91%
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Niamey 14:29:2716:07:3817:28:232:5987.94%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 14:31:3216:08:2217:27:582:5679.60%
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad N'Djamena 15:00:1816:23:0017:32:492:3379.16%
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. [3]

January 5, 2038 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2038 January 5 at 11:00:02.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2038 January 5 at 12:04:34.3 UTC
First Central Line2038 January 5 at 12:06:00.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2038 January 5 at 12:07:26.6 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2038 January 5 at 13:31:44.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2038 January 5 at 13:42:33.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2038 January 5 at 13:47:10.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2038 January 5 at 13:47:52.0 UTC
Greatest Duration2038 January 5 at 13:53:53.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2038 January 5 at 14:02:34.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2038 January 5 at 15:26:52.5 UTC
Last Central Line2038 January 5 at 15:28:21.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2038 January 5 at 15:29:50.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2038 January 5 at 16:34:26.0 UTC
January 5, 2038 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97279
Eclipse Obscuration0.94632
Gamma0.41689
Sun Right Ascension19h06m27.4s
Sun Declination-22°33'17.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension19h06m25.9s
Moon Declination-22°09'29.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'35.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'13.9"
ΔT77.6 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.

Eclipse season of January 2038
January 5
Descending node (new moon)
 January 21
Ascending node (full moon)
SE2038Jan05A.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2038Jan21.png
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 132		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 144

Eclipses in 2038

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 132

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2036–2039

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. [4]

The partial solar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036 to 2039
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 July 23, 2036
SE2036Jul23P.png
Partial		−1.425122 January 16, 2037
SE2037Jan16P.png
Partial		1.1477
127 July 13, 2037
SE2037Jul13T.png
Total		−0.7246132 January 5, 2038
SE2038Jan05A.png
Annular		0.4169
137 July 2, 2038
SE2038Jul02A.png
Annular		0.0398142 December 26, 2038
SE2038Dec26T.png
Total		−0.2881
147 June 21, 2039
SE2039Jun21A.png
Annular		0.8312152 December 15, 2039
SE2039Dec15T.png
Total		−0.9458

Saros 132

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 132, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 13, 1208. It contains annular eclipses from March 17, 1569 through March 12, 2146; hybrid eclipses on March 23, 2164 and April 3, 2182; 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. 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 was produced by member 25 at 6 minutes, 56 seconds on May 9, 1641, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 2 minutes, 14 seconds on June 8, 2290. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 34–56 occur between 1801 and 2200:
343536
SE1803Aug17A.png
August 17, 1803 		SE1821Aug27A.png
August 27, 1821		 SE1839Sep07A.png
September 7, 1839
373839
SE1857Sep18A.png
September 18, 1857		 SE1875Sep29A.png
September 29, 1875		 SE1893Oct09A.png
October 9, 1893
404142
SE1911Oct22A.png
October 22, 1911 		SE1929Nov01A.png
November 1, 1929 		SE1947Nov12A.png
November 12, 1947
434445
SE1965Nov23A.png
November 23, 1965 		SE1983Dec04A.png
December 4, 1983 		SE2001Dec14A.png
December 14, 2001
464748
SE2019Dec26A.png
December 26, 2019 		SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038 		SE2056Jan16A.png
January 16, 2056
495051
SE2074Jan27A.png
January 27, 2074 		SE2092Feb07A.png
February 7, 2092 		SE2110Feb18A.png
February 18, 2110
525354
SE2128Mar01A.png
March 1, 2128		 SE2146Mar12A.png
March 12, 2146		 SE2164Mar23H.png
March 23, 2164
5556
SE2182Apr03H.png
April 3, 2182		 SE2200Apr14T.png
April 14, 2200

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.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1March 19–20January 5–6October 24–25August 12–13
118120122124126
SE2011Jun01P.png
June 1, 2011 		SE2015Mar20T.png
March 20, 2015 		SE2019Jan06P.png
January 6, 2019 		SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022 		SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
128130132134136
SE2030Jun01A.png
June 1, 2030 		SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038 		SE2041Oct25A.png
October 25, 2041 		SE2045Aug12T.png
August 12, 2045
138140142144146
SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049 		SE2053Mar20A.png
March 20, 2053 		SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057 		SE2060Oct24A.png
October 24, 2060 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
148150152154156
SE2068May31T.png
May 31, 2068 		SE2072Mar19P.png
March 19, 2072 		SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076 		SE2079Oct24A.png
October 24, 2079 		SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
158160162164
SE2087Jun01P.png
June 1, 2087 		SE2098Oct24P.png
October 24, 2098

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1808Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)		 SE1819Sep19Pe.gif
September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)		 SE1830Aug18P.gif
August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)		 SE1841Jul18P.gif
July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)		 SE1852Jun17P.gif
June 17, 1852
(Saros 115)
SE1863May17P.gif
May 17, 1863
(Saros 116)		 SE1874Apr16T.png
April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)		 SE1885Mar16A.gif
March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)		 SE1896Feb13A.png
February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)		 SE1907Jan14T.png
January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)
SE1917Dec14A.png
December 14, 1917
(Saros 121)		 SE1928Nov12P.png
November 12, 1928
(Saros 122)		 SE1939Oct12T.png
October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)		 SE1950Sep12T.png
September 12, 1950
(Saros 124)		 SE1961Aug11A.png
August 11, 1961
(Saros 125)
SE1972Jul10T.png
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)		 SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983
(Saros 127)		 SE1994May10A.png
May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)		 SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)		 SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)
SE2027Feb06A.png
February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)		 SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)		 SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)		 SE2059Nov05A.png
November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)		 SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)
SE2081Sep03T.png
September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)		 SE2092Aug03A.png
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)		 SE2103Jul04A.png
July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)		 SE2114Jun03T.png
June 3, 2114
(Saros 139)		 SE2125May03A.png
May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)
SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)		 SE2147Mar02T.png
March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)		 SE2158Jan30A.png
January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)		 SE2168Dec29A.png
December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)		 SE2179Nov28T.png
November 28, 2179
(Saros 145)
SE2190Oct29H.png
October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

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
SE1806Jun16T.png
June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)		 SE1835May27A.gif
May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)		 SE1864May06H.gif
May 6, 1864
(Saros 126)
SE1893Apr16T.png
April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)		 SE1922Mar28A.png
March 28, 1922
(Saros 128)		 SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)
SE1980Feb16T.png
February 16, 1980
(Saros 130)		 SE2009Jan26A.png
January 26, 2009
(Saros 131)		 SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)
SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)		 SE2095Nov27A.png
November 27, 2095
(Saros 134)		 SE2124Nov06A.png
November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)
SE2153Oct17T.png
October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)		 SE2182Sep27A.png
September 27, 2182
(Saros 137)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "January 5, 2038 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2038 Jan 05". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 132". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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