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A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, February 27, 2036,[1] with a magnitude of 0.6286. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica, southeastern Australia, and New Zealand.
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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.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2036 February 27 at 02:48:35.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2036 February 27 at 04:06:00.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2036 February 27 at 04:46:49.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2036 February 27 at 05:00:28.4 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2036 February 27 at 06:45:16.8 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.62863 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.52439 |
| Gamma | −1.19420 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h39m15.4s |
| Sun Declination | -08°30'21.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'09.1" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h40m29.9s |
| Moon Declination | -09°33'05.6" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'57.5" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'53.9" |
| ΔT | 76.7 s |
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.
| February 11 Ascending node (full moon) | February 27 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 124 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 150 |
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.[3]
The partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2033 to 2036 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | March 30, 2033 Total |
0.9778 | 125 | September 23, 2033 Partial |
−1.1583 | |
| 130 | March 20, 2034 Total |
0.2894 | 135 | September 12, 2034 Annular |
−0.3936 | |
| 140 | March 9, 2035 Annular |
−0.4368 | 145 | September 2, 2035 Total |
0.3727 | |
| 150 | February 27, 2036 Partial |
−1.1942 | 155 | August 21, 2036 Partial |
1.0825 | |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 |
 October 7, 1801 |
 October 19, 1819 |
 October 29, 1837 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 |
 November 9, 1855 |
 November 20, 1873 |
 December 1, 1891 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 |
 December 12, 1909 |
 December 24, 1927 |
 January 3, 1946 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
 January 14, 1964 |
 January 25, 1982 |
 February 5, 2000 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
 February 15, 2018 |
February 27, 2036 |
 March 9, 2054 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 March 31, 2090 |
 April 11, 2108 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
 April 22, 2126 |
 May 3, 2144 |
 May 14, 2162 |
| 26 | 27 | |
 May 24, 2180 |
 June 4, 2198 | |
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 descending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
 July 22, 1971 |
 May 11, 1975 |
 February 26, 1979 |
 December 15, 1982 |
 October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
 July 22, 1990 |
 May 10, 1994 |
 February 26, 1998 |
 December 14, 2001 |
 October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
 July 22, 2009 |
 May 10, 2013 |
 February 26, 2017 |
 December 14, 2020 |
 October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
 July 22, 2028 |
 May 9, 2032 |
February 27, 2036 |
 December 15, 2039 |
 October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
 July 22, 2047 | ||||
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on December 18, 2188 (part of Saros 164) and November 18, 2199 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
| Series members between 1801 and 2134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 December 10, 1806 (Saros 129) |
 November 9, 1817 (Saros 130) |
 October 9, 1828 (Saros 131) |
 September 7, 1839 (Saros 132) |
 August 7, 1850 (Saros 133) |
 July 8, 1861 (Saros 134) |
 June 6, 1872 (Saros 135) |
 May 6, 1883 (Saros 136) |
 April 6, 1894 (Saros 137) |
 March 6, 1905 (Saros 138) |
 February 3, 1916 (Saros 139) |
 January 3, 1927 (Saros 140) |
 December 2, 1937 (Saros 141) |
 November 1, 1948 (Saros 142) |
 October 2, 1959 (Saros 143) |
 August 31, 1970 (Saros 144) |
 July 31, 1981 (Saros 145) |
 June 30, 1992 (Saros 146) |
 May 31, 2003 (Saros 147) |
 April 29, 2014 (Saros 148) |
 March 29, 2025 (Saros 149) |
February 27, 2036 (Saros 150) |
 January 26, 2047 (Saros 151) |
 December 26, 2057 (Saros 152) |
 November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) |
 October 24, 2079 (Saros 154) |
 September 23, 2090 (Saros 155) |
 August 24, 2101 (Saros 156) |
 July 23, 2112 (Saros 157) |
 June 23, 2123 (Saros 158) |
 May 23, 2134 (Saros 159) | ||||
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 August 5, 1804 (Saros 142) |
 July 17, 1833 (Saros 143) |
 June 27, 1862 (Saros 144) |
 June 6, 1891 (Saros 145) |
 May 18, 1920 (Saros 146) |
 April 28, 1949 (Saros 147) |
 April 7, 1978 (Saros 148) |
 March 19, 2007 (Saros 149) |
February 27, 2036 (Saros 150) |
 February 5, 2065 (Saros 151) |
 January 16, 2094 (Saros 152) |
 December 28, 2122 (Saros 153) |
 December 8, 2151 (Saros 154) |
 November 17, 2180 (Saros 155) |
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