title: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
text: # Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
  
  A total solar eclipse will occur on August 24, 2063. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 2062–2065
  
  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.
  
  | 121 | March 11, 2062 Partial | 126 | September 3, 2062 Partial |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 131 | February 28, 2063 Annular | 136 | August 24, 2063 Total |
  | 141 | February 17, 2064 Annular | 146 | August 12, 2064 Total |
  | 151 | February 5, 2065 Partial | 156 | August 2, 2065 Partial |
  
  ### Saros 136
  
  Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721, through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.
  
  Series members 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117 :
  
  | 29 | 30 | 31 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Apr 25, 1865 | May 6, 1883 | May 18, 1901 |
  | 32 | 33 | 34 |
  | May 29, 1919 | Jun 8, 1937 | Jun 20, 1955 |
  | 35 | 36 | 37 |
  | Jun 30, 1973 | Jul 11, 1991 | Jul 22, 2009 |
  | 38 | 39 | 40 |
  | Aug 2, 2027 | Aug 12, 2045 | Aug 24, 2063 |
  | 41 | 42 | 43 |
  | Sep 3, 2081 | Sep 14, 2099 | Sep 26, 2117 |
  
  ### Metonic cycle
  
  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).
  
  21 eclipse events between June 12, 2029, and June 12, 2105 :
  
  | June 11–12 | March 30–31 | January 16 | November 4–5 | August 23–24 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
  | June 12, 2029 | March 30, 2033 | January 16, 2037 | November 4, 2040 | August 23, 2044 |
  | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
  | June 11, 2048 | March 30, 2052 | January 16, 2056 | November 5, 2059 | August 24, 2063 |
  | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
  | June 11, 2067 | March 31, 2071 | January 16, 2075 | November 4, 2078 | August 24, 2082 |
  | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
  | June 11, 2086 | March 31, 2090 | January 16, 2094 | November 4, 2097 |
  