Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.508 |
Magnitude | 1.0242 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 143 s (2 min 23 s) |
Coordinates | 10°42′S 100°24′W / 10.7°S 100.4°W |
Max. width of band | 95 km (59 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:22:16 |
References | |
Saros | 129 (54 of 80) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9640 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on May 11, 2059. 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 2059-2061
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.[1]
The partial solar eclipse on June 21, 2058 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2058 to 2061 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | May 22, 2058![]() Partial |
−1.3194 | 124 | November 16, 2058![]() Partial |
1.1224 | |
129 | May 11, 2059![]() Total |
−0.508 | 134 | November 5, 2059![]() Annular |
0.4454 | |
139 | April 30, 2060![]() Total |
0.2422 | 144 | October 24, 2060![]() Annular |
−0.2625 | |
149 | April 20, 2061![]() Total |
0.9578 | 154 | October 13, 2061![]() Annular |
−0.9639 |
Notes
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC