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- Jul 2, 203875% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Annular Solar Eclipse Crosses Colombia
- An annular solar eclipse on 2038 Jul 02, catalogued by NASA/GSFC as sequence 09593 and as relative number 00 — the central eclipse of Saros series 137[1][2][3]
- Greatest Eclipse falls at 13:31:31.7 UT at 25°25.4'N 021°53.4'W, with the Sun almost overhead at 87.6°, a path only 31.2 km wide and a central duration of 00m59.7s[1]
- Greatest Duration is at the other end of the day and of the path: 11:38:44 UT at 01°06'N 084°07'W, with the Sun on the horizon (altitude 0.0°), a path 94.1 km wide and annularity lasting 01m34.9s — more than half a minute longer than at greatest eclipse; the Google-map page gives the same 01m34.9s[1][2]
- The antumbral shadow is tabulated at 120-second intervals across 113 timed rows from 11:40 UT to 15:24 UT, the central line running from 01°05.8'N 084°06.8'W at the opening limits to 03°03.7'N 041°15.8'E at the closing limits[1]
- The Saros 137 catalog gives the same instant in Terrestrial Dynamical Time as 2038 Jul 02 13:32:55 TD with ΔT = 84 s, gamma 0.0398, magnitude 0.9911, path width 31 km and central duration 01m00s — matching the path page’s 31.2 km and 00m59.7s at greatest eclipse, not the longer 01m34.9s maximum[1][3]
- Annularity can only be seen between the blue northern and southern path limits and is longest on the red central line; yellow lines mark maximum eclipse at 10-minute intervals[2]
- Predictions use the VSOP87/ELP2000-85 solar and lunar ephemerides with ΔT = 82.6 seconds, and exclude the lunar limb profile, whose corrections ‘may shift the limits of the eclipse path north or south by ~1-3 kilometers, and change the eclipse duration by ~1-3 seconds’[1][2]
- Saros 137 runs 1244.08 years over 70 solar eclipses, from a partial on 1389 May 25 to a partial on 2633 Jun 28; 36 are annular, and this eclipse follows 2020 Jun 21 (00m38s) and precedes 2056 Jul 12 (01m26s)[3]
- All calculations are by Fred Espenak, NASA’s GSFC, who ‘assumes full responsibility for their accuracy’[1][2][3]
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- [1]75%eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpath/SEpath2001/SE2038Jul02Apath.htmleclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Jul 2, 2038 ✓· 33% of score
NASA's[2][3] eclipse catalogue gives the instant of greatest eclipse as 13:31:31 UT on 2038-07-02 (13:32:54 TD, the two separated by delta-T), from Saros series 137. Eclipse circumstances are computed from orbital mechanics, so the date and time are exact centuries ahead.
- [2]90%Annular Solar Eclipse of 2038-07-02 - Google map of the patheclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Added Sep 20, 2026· 33% of score
NASA's[1][3] interactive map of this eclipse, showing the central path, the points of greatest eclipse and greatest duration, and local circumstances anywhere on the map.
- [3]80%Saros series 137eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov· Added Sep 20, 2026· 33% of score
The saros series this eclipse belongs to, listing every eclipse in the same 18-year family and where each one fell.[1]
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