Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038

Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.0398
Magnitude	0.9911
Maximum eclipse
Duration	60 s (1 min 0 s)
Coordinates	25°24′N 21°54′W / 25.4°N 21.9°W / 25.4; -21.9
Max. width of band	31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:32:55
References
Saros	137 (37 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9593

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 2, 2038,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9911. 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 6 days after apogee (on June 26, 2038, at 13:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.^[2]

Annularity will be visible from parts of Colombia, Venezuela, Grenada, Barbados, Western Sahara, Mauritania, northern Mali, southern Algeria, Niger, Chad, southwestern Sudan, South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southwestern Somalia. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East.