An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 12, 2056, with a magnitude of 0.9878. 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. Occurring about 5.8 days after apogee (on July 7, 2056, at 1:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Kiribati, northern Ecuador, southern Colombia, extreme northern Peru, and western Brazil. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Oceania, Hawaii, the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and western South America.
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.
+July 12, 2056 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2056 July 12 at 17:25:55.8 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2056 July 12 at 18:27:52.3 UTC First Central Line 2056 July 12 at 18:28:47.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2056 July 12 at 18:28:47.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2056 July 12 at 18:29:42.9 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2056 July 12 at 19:31:43.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2056 July 12 at 20:21:30.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2056 July 12 at 20:21:59.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2056 July 12 at 20:22:15.6 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2056 July 12 at 21:12:16.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2056 July 12 at 22:14:17.7 UTC Last Central Line 2056 July 12 at 22:15:10.1 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2056 July 12 at 22:16:02.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2056 July 12 at 23:17:56.6 UTC
+July 12, 2056 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.98777 Eclipse Obscuration 0.97570 Gamma −0.04261 Sun Right Ascension 07h31m42.7s Sun Declination +21°45'32.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 07h31m42.1s Moon Declination +21°43'09.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'17.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'08.9" ΔT 88.1 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of June–July 2056 June 27Descending node (full moon) July 12Ascending node (new moon) July 26Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 111 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 137 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2056 An annular solar eclipse on January 16. A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 1. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 27. An annular solar eclipse on July 12. A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 26. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 22.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2060
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067
Solar Saros 137 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2085
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1969 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 2143
Solar eclipses of 2054–2058
Saros 137
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
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