Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056

Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.0426
Magnitude	0.9878
Maximum eclipse
Duration	86 s (1 min 26 s)
Coordinates	19°24′N 123°42′W / 19.4°N 123.7°W / 19.4; -123.7
Max. width of band	43 km (27 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:21:59
References
Saros	137 (38 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9633

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 12, 2056,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.