Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055

Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.8012
Magnitude 1.0359
Maximum eclipse
Duration 197 sec (3 m 17 s)
Coordinates 33°18′S 25°48′E / 33.3°S 25.8°E / -33.3; 25.8
Max. width of band 202 km (126 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 9:57:50
References
Saros 127 (60 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9631

A total solar eclipse will occur on July 24, 2055. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses 2054-2058

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.

117August 3, 2054

Partial
122January 27, 2055

Partial
127July 24, 2055

Total
132January 16, 2056

Annular
137July 12, 2056

Annular
142January 5, 2057

Total
147July 1, 2057

Annular
152December 26, 2057

Total
157June 21, 2058

Partial

Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532.[1]

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