Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074

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| previous = Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074

| next = Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075

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An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, July 24, 2074,{{cite web|title=July 24, 2074 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2074-july-24|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=21 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.9838. 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 5.6 days after perigee (on July 18, 2074, at 13:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2074&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=21 August 2024}}

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Maldives, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Micronesia, and Tuvalu. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, northern Australia, and Oceania.

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.{{cite web|title=Annular Solar Eclipse of 2074 Jul 24|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2074Jul24Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=21 August 2024}}

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|+July 24, 2074 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 00:14:11.6 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 01:16:38.3 UTC

First Central Line

| 2074 July 24 at 01:17:41.6 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2074 July 24 at 01:17:41.6 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 01:18:44.9 UTC

First Penumbral Internal Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 02:21:59.4 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2074 July 24 at 03:09:07.3 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2074 July 24 at 03:10:32.0 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2074 July 24 at 03:12:17.6 UTC

Last Penumbral Internal Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 03:59:02.9 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 05:02:19.9 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2074 July 24 at 05:03:20.4 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 05:04:21.0 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2074 July 24 at 06:06:45.5 UTC

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|+July 24, 2074 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.98381

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.96787

Gamma

| −0.12424

Sun Right Ascension

| 08h15m33.5s

Sun Declination

| +19°47'02.4"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'44.6"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 08h15m29.9s

Moon Declination

| +19°40'09.4"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'15.0"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'58.2"

ΔT

| 101.0 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of July–August 2074

! July 8
Descending node (full moon)
!! July 24
Ascending node (new moon)
!! August 7
Descending node (full moon)

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| Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111

Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137

Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149