Solar eclipse of August 2, 2065

Solar eclipse of August 2, 2065
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.2759
Magnitude	0.4903
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	62°42′S 46°30′E / 62.7°S 46.5°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	5:34:17
References
Saros	156 (4 of 69)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9653

A partial solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2065. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2062-2065

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.

121	March 11, 2062 Partial	126	September 3, 2062 Partial
131	February 28, 2063 Annular	136	August 24, 2063 Total
141	February 17, 2064 Annular	146	August 12, 2064 Total
151	February 5, 2065 Partial	156	August 2, 2065 Partial

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	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

References

External links

• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2065Aug02P.GIF