A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...

will occur at the Moon's

descending node An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes. Planes of reference Common planes of referenc ...

of orbit on Wednesday, February 27, 2036, with a

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of 0.6286. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, 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

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, southeastern

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, and

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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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, 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 A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term , meaning "" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights). Astronomy and tides In astronomy, a ''lunar fortnight'' is hal ...

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2036

* A total lunar eclipse on February 11. * A partial solar eclipse on February 27. * A partial solar eclipse on July 23. * A total lunar eclipse on August 7. * A partial solar eclipse on August 21.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2045

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047

Solar Saros 150

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054 A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 9, 2054, with a magnitude of 0.6678. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of ...

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 28, 2122

Solar eclipses of 2033–2036

Saros 150

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

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