Nature Partial Magnitude 0.1991 Saros 117 (70 of 71) Start date July 23, 2036 | Gamma -1.425 Greatest eclipse 10:32:06 Catalog # (SE5000) 9588 | |
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A partial solar eclipse will occur on July 23, 2036. 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.
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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.
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