Solar eclipse of July 3, 2065

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, July 3, 2065, with a magnitude of 0.1638. 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.

Solar eclipse of July 3, 2065
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.4619
Magnitude0.1638
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64.8°N 71.9°E / 64.8; 71.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:33:52
References
Saros118 (71 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9654

Eclipses in 2065

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 2056
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 8, 2074

Tritos

Solar Saros 118

Inex

Triad

  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 4, 2152

Solar eclipses of 2065–2069

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node   Ascending node
118July 3, 2065

Partial
123December 27, 2065

Partial
128June 22, 2066

Annular
133December 17, 2066

Total
138June 11, 2067

Annular
143December 6, 2067

Hybrid
148May 31, 2068

Total
153November 24, 2068

Partial
158May 20, 2069

Partial

Saros 118

It is a part of Saros cycle 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 AD. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 AD through October 25, 1650, hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668 and November 15, 1686, and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704 through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. The longest duration of total was 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398.

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.
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