Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038

Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.2881
Magnitude	1.0268
Maximum eclipse
Duration	138 sec (2 m 18 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	95 km (59 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	1:00:10
References
Saros	142 (24 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9594

A total solar eclipse will occur on December 26, 2038.

Images

File:SE2038Dec26T.gif
Animated path

Related eclipses

There are a 7 eclipses in 2038 (the maximum possible), included four penumbral lunar eclipses: January 21, June 17, July 16, and December 11.

Solar eclipses of 2036-2039

Each member 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.

Note: Partial lunar eclipses on February 27, 2036 and August 21, 2036 occur on the previod lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2036-2039

Descending node			Ascending node
117	July 23, 2036 150px Partial		122	January 16, 2037 150px Partial
127	July 13, 2037 150px Total		132	January 5, 2038 Annular
137	July 2, 2038 Annular		142	December 26, 2038 Total
147	June 21, 2039 Annular		152	December 15, 2039 Total

Saros series 142

It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.

Series members 17-27 occur between 1901 and 2100:

17	18	19
October 10, 1912	October 21, 1930	November 1, 1948
20	21	22
150px November 12, 1966	November 22, 1984	December 4, 2002
23	24	25
December 14, 2020	December 26, 2038	January 5, 2057
26	27
January 16, 2075	January 27, 2093

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).

Octon eclipses between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065

This octon series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065.

May 20-21	March 9	December 25-26	October 13-14	August 1-2
118	120	122	124	126
May 21, 1993	March 9, 1997	December 25, 2000	October 14, 2004	August 1, 2008
128	130	132	134	136
May 20, 2012	March 9, 2016	December 26, 2019	October 14, 2023	August 2, 2027
138	140	142	144	146
May 21, 2031	March 9, 2035	December 26, 2038	October 14, 2042	150px August 2, 2046
148	150	152	154	156
May 20, 2050	March 9, 2054	December 26, 2057	October 13, 2061	August 2, 2065
158
May 20, 2069

External links

• NASA graphics