title: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
text: # Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
  
  A partial solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, August 21, 2036. 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.
  
  ## Images
  
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  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses of 2033–2036
  
  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.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 2033–2036 :
  
  | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 120 | March 30, 2033 Total | 125 | September 23, 2033 Partial |
  | 130 | March 20, 2034 Total | 135 | September 12, 2034 Annular |
  | 140 | March 9, 2035 Annular | 145 | September 2, 2035 Total |
  | 150 | February 27, 2036 Partial | 155 | August 21, 2036 Partial |
  | A partial solar eclipse on July 23, 2036 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set. |||||
  
  ### Saros 155 series
  
  It is a part of Saros cycle 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days (223 synodic months), contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It has total eclipses from September 12, 2072 to August 30, 2649. The series also has 3 hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 to October 3, 2703 and 20 annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 to May 8, 3064.
  
  The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. The longest total eclipses will be on October 26, 2144 and on November 7, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.
  
  Series members 1–10 occur between 1901 and 2100: :
  
  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | - | - | - |
  | June 17, 1928 | June 29, 1946 | July 9, 1964 |
  | 4 | 5 | 6 |
  | July 20, 1982 | July 31, 2000 | August 11, 2018 |
  | 7 | 8 | 9 |
  | August 21, 2036 | September 2, 2054 | September 12, 2072 |
  | 10 |
  | September 23, 2090 |
  
  ### Metonic series
  
  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 ascending node.
  
  21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036 :
  
  | June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
  | June 10, 1964 | March 28, 1968 | January 16, 1972 | November 3, 1975 | August 22, 1979 |
  | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
  | June 11, 1983 | March 29, 1987 | January 15, 1991 | November 3, 1994 | August 22, 1998 |
  | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
  | June 10, 2002 | March 29, 2006 | January 15, 2010 | November 3, 2013 | August 21, 2017 |
  | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
  | June 10, 2021 | March 29, 2025 | January 14, 2029 | November 3, 2032 | August 21, 2036 |
  