What is Solar eclipse of July 16, 2186?
[[File:SE2186Jul16T.png|thumb|Solar eclipse map of path on Earth.]] A total [[solar eclipse]] will happen on July 16, 2186.{{update after|2186|7|16}} It will pass over the southern [[Galápagos Islands]] (with a maximum eclipse of 4 minutes occurring over the southern tip of [[Española Island]]), northern [[South America]] ([[Ecuador]] including [[Bogota]] for 4 minutes and 50 seconds), central [[Venezuela]], and northern [[Guyana]] (with a maximum eclipse of 7 minutes 4 seconds just north of Anna Regina).<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=21860716 Total Solar Eclipse of 2186 July 16 - Interactive Eclipse Path Using Google Maps] NASA Eclipse Website, Fred Espinak</ref> This will be the longest total solar eclipse between the dates of 4000 BC and 6000 AD. It will last a maximum of 7 minutes, 29 seconds. The longest historical total eclipse lasted 7 minutes 28 seconds on June 15, 744BC.<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcatmax/SEcatmax.html Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, -3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE)] Fred Espinak</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE2101-2200.html NASA Solar eclipses: 2101 to 2200] * [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEdata.php?Ecl=21860716 Besselian Elements] * [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=21860716 NASA googlemap of eclipse path] [[Category:Solar eclipses|2186 July 16]] [[Category:Future events]] [[Category:2100s]]