A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24, 2063, with a magnitude of 1.075. 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. Occurring about 2.5 hours before perigee (on August 24, 2063, at 3:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. Perigee did occur near the very end of this eclipse.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of northern China, Mongolia, the northeastern tip of North Korea, southern Primorsky Krai of Russia, northern Japan, and parts of French Polynesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of East Asia, North Asia, Hawaii, and Oceania.
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+August 24, 2063 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2063 August 23 at 22:47:34.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2063 August 23 at 23:42:04.1 UTC First Central Line 2063 August 23 at 23:43:38.1 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2063 August 23 at 23:45:12.3 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 00:43:41.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2063 August 24 at 01:08:02.8 UTC Greatest Duration 2063 August 24 at 01:17:30.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2063 August 24 at 01:19:21.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2063 August 24 at 01:22:10.6 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 02:00:58.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2063 August 24 at 02:59:17.7 UTC Last Central Line 2063 August 24 at 03:00:51.8 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2063 August 24 at 03:02:25.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2063 August 24 at 03:56:52.1 UTC
+August 24, 2063 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.07497 Eclipse Obscuration 1.15557 Gamma 0.27715 Sun Right Ascension 10h12m03.7s Sun Declination +11°07'34.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 10h12m34.5s Moon Declination +11°22'46.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.6" ΔT 92.9 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of August–September 2063 August 24Descending node (new moon) September 7Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 136 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2063 An annular solar eclipse on February 28. A partial lunar eclipse on March 14. A total solar eclipse on August 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 7.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2072
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Solar Saros 136 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2092
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1976 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 25, 2150
Solar eclipses of 2062–2065
Saros 136
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2063Aug24T.GIF