Solar eclipse of July 13, 2018
Solar eclipse of July 13, 2018 | |
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UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 3:02:16 |
References | |
Saros | 117 (69 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9548 |
A partial
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Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2018
- A total lunar eclipse on January 31.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 15.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 13.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 27.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 11.
Metonic
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2009
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2027
Tritos
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
Solar Saros 117
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2036
Inex
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 2105
Solar eclipses of 2018–2021
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occurred during the previous semester series.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117![]() Partial from Melbourne, Australia |
2018 July 13![]() Partial |
−1.35423 | 122![]() Partial from Nakhodka, Russia |
2019 January 6![]() Partial |
1.14174 | |
127![]() La Serena, Chile |
2019 July 2![]() Total |
−0.64656 | 132 Jaffna, Sri Lanka
|
2019 December 26![]() Annular |
0.41351 | |
137![]() Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan |
2020 June 21![]() Annular |
0.12090 | 142![]() Gorbea, Chile |
2020 December 14![]() Total |
−0.29394 | |
147 Halifax, Canada
|
2021 June 10![]() Annular |
0.91516 | 152![]() From HMS Protector off South Georgia |
2021 December 4![]() Total |
−0.95261 |
Saros 117
It is a part of Saros cycle 117, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 24, 792 AD. It contains annular eclipses from September 18, 936 AD through May 14, 1333, hybrid eclipses from May 25, 1351 through July 8, 1423, and total eclipses from July 18, 1441 through May 19, 1928. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 3, 2054. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 19 seconds on April 26, 1892.
Series members 63-71 occur between 1900 and 2054: | ||
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63 | 64 | 65 |
![]() May 9, 1910 |
![]() May 19, 1928 |
![]() May 30, 1946 |
66 | 67 | 68 |
![]() June 10, 1964 |
![]() June 21, 1982 |
![]() July 1, 2000 |
69 | 70 | 71 |
![]() July 13, 2018 |
![]() July 23, 2036 |
![]() August 3, 2054 |
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094 | ||||
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July 12–13 | April 30-May 1 | February 16–17 | December 5–6 | September 22–23 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
![]() July 13, 2018 |
![]() April 30, 2022 |
![]() February 17, 2026 |
![]() December 5, 2029 |
![]() September 23, 2033 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
![]() July 13, 2037 |
![]() April 30, 2041 |
![]() February 16, 2045 |
![]() December 5, 2048 |
![]() September 22, 2052 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
![]() July 12, 2056 |
![]() April 30, 2060 |
![]() February 17, 2064 |
![]() December 6, 2067 |
![]() September 23, 2071 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
![]() July 13, 2075 |
![]() May 1, 2079 |
![]() February 16, 2083 |
![]() December 6, 2086 |
![]() September 23, 2090 |
157 | ||||
![]() July 12, 2094 |
References
- ^ "A Supermoon Partial Eclipse Is Happening Just in Time for Friday the 13th". Popular Mechanics. July 13, 2018.
- ^ Padgett, Lauren. "Friday the 13th solar eclipse only visible to rare few" – via AJC.com.
- ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse on July 13, 2018". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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