Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
# Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Friday, September 23, 2033. 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

Animated path

## 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. |||||

### 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 July 13, 2018, and July 12, 2094 :

| July 12–13 | April 30-May 1 | February 16–17 | December 5–6 | September 22–23 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| July 13, 2018 | April 30, 2022 | February 17, 2026 | December 5, 2029 | September 23, 2033 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| July 13, 2037 | April 30, 2041 | February 16, 2045 | December 5, 2048 | September 22, 2052 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| July 12, 2056 | April 30, 2060 | February 17, 2064 | December 6, 2067 | September 23, 2071 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| July 13, 2075 | May 1, 2079 | February 16, 2083 | December 6, 2086 | September 23, 2090 |
| 157 |
| July 12, 2094 |
