Solar eclipse of July 5, 2168

Solar eclipse of July 5, 2168

Total eclipse
Map
Gamma	−0.166
Magnitude	1.0807
Maximum eclipse
Duration	446 s (7 min 26 s)
Coordinates	13°12′N66°24′E / 13.2°N 66.4°E / 13.2; 66.4
Max. width of band	264 km (164 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	7:45:23
References
Saros	139 (38 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9889

A total solar eclipse will occur on July 5, 2168. 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 kilometers wide. Lasting a maximum of 7 minutes, 26 seconds, it will surpass the longest eclipse of the 11th century, which lasted 7 minutes and 20 seconds, though be surpassed by the solar eclipse of July 16, 2186 and the next occurrence. This is the largest total solar eclipse of Saros 139. The point of greatest eclipse occurs 1,468 km (912 mi) north of the Equator.

Extreme magnitude

With an eclipse magnitude of 1.0807, this is the largest total solar eclipse in the millennium, also the largest total solar eclipse in Solar Saros 139.

Related eclipses

Saros 139

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. 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 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000. ^[1] All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. ^[2]

Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200:
18	19	20
November 29, 1807	December 9, 1825	December 21, 1843
21	22	23
December 31, 1861	January 11, 1880	January 22, 1898
24	25	26
February 3, 1916	February 14, 1934	February 25, 1952
27	28	29
March 7, 1970	March 18, 1988	March 29, 2006
30	31	32
April 8, 2024	April 20, 2042	April 30, 2060
33	34	35
May 11, 2078	May 22, 2096	June 3, 2114
36	37	38
June 13, 2132	June 25, 2150	July 5, 2168
39
July 16, 2186

References

1. Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, −3999 to [phone] BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espenak.
2. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 139". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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