Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055

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Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.8012
Magnitude 1.0359
Maximum eclipse
Duration197 s (3 min 17 s)
Coordinates 33°18′S25°48′E / 33.3°S 25.8°E / -33.3; 25.8
Max. width of band202 km (126 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:57:50
References
Saros 127 (60 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9631

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, July 24, 2055, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0359. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.9 days before perigee (on July 27, 2055, at 6:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

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The path of totality will be visible from parts of South Africa. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southern and central Africa.

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]

July 24, 2055 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2055 July 24 at 07:37:42.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2055 July 24 at 08:53:07.4 UTC
First Central Line2055 July 24 at 08:54:18.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2055 July 24 at 08:55:30.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2055 July 24 at 09:49:25.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2055 July 24 at 09:57:50.3 UTC
Greatest Duration2055 July 24 at 09:58:05.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2055 July 24 at 10:08:32.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2055 July 24 at 11:00:00.1 UTC
Last Central Line2055 July 24 at 11:01:14.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2055 July 24 at 11:02:27.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2055 July 24 at 12:17:48.7 UTC
July 24, 2055 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.03590
Eclipse Obscuration1.07308
Gamma−0.80119
Sun Right Ascension08h15m04.2s
Sun Declination+19°48'43.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension08h14m39.2s
Moon Declination+19°01'42.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'09.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°59'16.7"
ΔT87.5 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 July–August 2055
July 24
Ascending node (new moon)
 August 7
Descending node (full moon)
SE2055Jul24T.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2055Aug07.png
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 127		 Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 139

Eclipses in 2055

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 127

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2054–2058

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 March 9, 2054 and September 2, 2054 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 22, 2058 and November 16, 2058 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2054 to 2058
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 August 3, 2054
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Partial		−1.4941122 January 27, 2055
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Partial		1.155
127 July 24, 2055
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Total		−0.8012132 January 16, 2056
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Annular		0.4199
137 July 12, 2056
SE2056Jul12A.png
Annular		−0.0426142 January 5, 2057
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Total		−0.2837
147 July 1, 2057
SE2057Jul01A.png
Annular		0.7455152 December 26, 2057
SE2057Dec26T.png
Total		−0.9405
157 June 21, 2058
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Partial		1.4869

Saros 127

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 82 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. 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 was produced by member 31 at 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 46–68 occur between 1801 and 2200:
464748
SE1803Feb21T.png
February 21, 1803		 SE1821Mar04T.gif
March 4, 1821		 SE1839Mar15T.gif
March 15, 1839
495051
SE1857Mar25T.gif
March 25, 1857 		SE1875Apr06T.png
April 6, 1875 		SE1893Apr16T.png
April 16, 1893
525354
SE1911Apr28T.png
April 28, 1911 		SE1929May09T.png
May 9, 1929 		SE1947May20T.png
May 20, 1947
555657
SE1965May30T.png
May 30, 1965 		SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983 		SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
585960
SE2019Jul02T.png
July 2, 2019 		SE2037Jul13T.png
July 13, 2037 		SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055
616263
SE2073Aug03T.png
August 3, 2073 		SE2091Aug15T.png
August 15, 2091 		Saros127 63van82 SE2109Aug26P.jpg
August 26, 2109
646566
Saros127 64van82 SE2127Sep06P.jpg
September 6, 2127		 Saros127 65van82 SE2145Sep16P.jpg
September 16, 2145		 Saros127 66van82 SE2163Sep28P.jpg
September 28, 2163
6768
Saros127 67van82 SE2181Oct08P.jpg
October 8, 2181		 Saros127 68van82 SE2199Oct19P.jpg
October 19, 2199

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.

21 eclipse events between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112
July 23–24May 11February 27–28December 16–17October 4–5
117119121123125
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July 23, 2036 		SE2040May11P.png
May 11, 2040 		SE2044Feb28A.png
February 28, 2044 		SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047 		SE2051Oct04P.png
October 4, 2051
127129131133135
SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055 		SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059 		SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063 		SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066 		SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
137139141143145
SE2074Jul24A.png
July 24, 2074 		SE2078May11T.png
May 11, 2078 		SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082 		SE2085Dec16A.png
December 16, 2085 		SE2089Oct04T.png
October 4, 2089
147149151153155
SE2093Jul23A.png
July 23, 2093 		SE2097May11T.png
May 11, 2097 		SE2101Feb28A.png
February 28, 2101		 Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104		 Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg
October 5, 2108
157
Saros157 04van70 SE2112Jul23P.jpg
July 23, 2112

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 1837 and 2200
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April 5, 1837
(Saros 107)		 SE1848Mar05P.gif
March 5, 1848
(Saros 108)		 SE1859Feb03P.png
February 3, 1859
(Saros 109)		 SE1880Dec02P.gif
December 2, 1880
(Saros 111)
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August 31, 1913
(Saros 114)		 SE1924Jul31P.png
July 31, 1924
(Saros 115)		 SE1935Jun30P.png
June 30, 1935
(Saros 116)
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May 30, 1946
(Saros 117)		 SE1957Apr30A.png
April 30, 1957
(Saros 118)		 SE1968Mar28P.png
March 28, 1968
(Saros 119)		 SE1979Feb26T.png
February 26, 1979
(Saros 120)		 SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990
(Saros 121)
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December 25, 2000
(Saros 122)		 SE2011Nov25P.png
November 25, 2011
(Saros 123)		 SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022
(Saros 124)		 SE2033Sep23P.png
September 23, 2033
(Saros 125)		 SE2044Aug23T.png
August 23, 2044
(Saros 126)
SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055
(Saros 127)		 SE2066Jun22A.png
June 22, 2066
(Saros 128)		 SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077
(Saros 129)		 SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088
(Saros 130)		 SE2099Mar21A.png
March 21, 2099
(Saros 131)
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February 18, 2110
(Saros 132)		 SE2121Jan19T.png
January 19, 2121
(Saros 133)		 SE2131Dec19A.png
December 19, 2131
(Saros 134)		 SE2142Nov17A.png
November 17, 2142
(Saros 135)		 SE2153Oct17T.png
October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)
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September 16, 2164
(Saros 137)		 SE2175Aug16A.png
August 16, 2175
(Saros 138)		 SE2186Jul16T.png
July 16, 2186
(Saros 139)		 SE2197Jun15A.png
June 15, 2197
(Saros 140)

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 1, 1824
(Saros 119)		 SE1852Dec11T.gif
December 11, 1852
(Saros 120)		 SE1881Nov21A.gif
November 21, 1881
(Saros 121)
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November 2, 1910
(Saros 122)		 SE1939Oct12T.png
October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)		 SE1968Sep22T.png
September 22, 1968
(Saros 124)
SE1997Sep02P.png
September 2, 1997
(Saros 125)		 SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
(Saros 126)		 SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055
(Saros 127)
SE2084Jul03A.png
July 3, 2084
(Saros 128)		 SE2113Jun13T.png
June 13, 2113
(Saros 129)		 SE2142May25T.png
May 25, 2142
(Saros 130)
SE2171May05A.png
May 5, 2171
(Saros 131)		 SE2200Apr14T.png
April 14, 2200
(Saros 132)

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