Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039

Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.8312
Magnitude	0.9454
Maximum eclipse
Duration	245 sec (4 m 5 s)
Coordinates	78°54′N 102°06′W / 78.9°N 102.1°W
Max. width of band	365 km (227 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	17:12:54
References
Saros	147 (24 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9595

An annular solar eclipse will occur on June 21, 2039. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. This eclipse will start only a few hours after the northern solstice and most of the path will go across areas with midnight sun. For mainland Norway and Sweden it will be the first central solar eclipse since June 1954.

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Related eclipses

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 Partial		122	January 16, 2037 Partial
127	July 13, 2037 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

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).

21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058 

June 21	April 8-9	January 26	November 13-14	September 1-2
117	119	121	123	125
June 21, 1982	April 9, 1986	January 26, 1990	November 13, 1993	September 2, 1997
127	129	131	133	135
June 21, 2001	April 8, 2005	January 26, 2009	November 13, 2012	September 1, 2016
137	139	141	143	145
June 21, 2020	April 8, 2024	January 26, 2028	November 14, 2031	September 2, 2035
147	149	151	153	155
June 21, 2039	April 9, 2043	January 26, 2047	November 14, 2050	September 2, 2054
157
June 21, 2058

References

External links

• NASA graphics