Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.4852 |
Magnitude | 0.0879 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 68°48′S 69°54′W / 68.8°S 69.9°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 17:53:18 |
References | |
Saros | 158 (1 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9662 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 20, 2069, with a magnitude of 0.0879. 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.
This event will mark the beginning of Solar Saros 158.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2069
- A partial solar eclipse on April 21, 2069.
- A total lunar eclipse on May 6, 2069.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 15, 2069.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 30, 2069.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2065
Tzolkinex
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2076
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2060
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2058
Solar Saros 158
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2087
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
Solar eclipses of 2065–2069
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 eclipses on February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | July 3, 2065 Partial |
1.4619 | 123 | December 27, 2065 Partial |
−1.0688 | |
128 | June 22, 2066 Annular |
0.733 | 133 | December 17, 2066 Total |
−0.4043 | |
138 | June 11, 2067 Annular |
−0.0387 | 143 | December 6, 2067 Hybrid |
0.2845 | |
148 | May 31, 2068 Total |
−0.797 | 153 | November 24, 2068 Partial |
1.0299 | |
158 | May 20, 2069 Partial |
−1.4852 |
Saros 158
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 158, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series will start with a partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069. It contains total eclipses from August 5, 2195 through August 13, 2808; hybrid eclipses on August 24, 2826 and September 3, 2844; and annular eclipses from September 15, 2862 through February 27, 3133. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 16, 3313. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 10 at 4 minutes, 43 seconds on August 28, 2231, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 57 at 6 minutes, 7 seconds on January 25, 3079. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 1–8 occur between 2069 and 2200: | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 |
May 20, 2069 |
June 1, 2087 |
June 12, 2105 |
4 | 5 | 6 |
June 23, 2123 |
July 3, 2141 |
July 15, 2159 |
7 | 8 | |
July 25, 2177 |
August 5, 2195 |
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 descending node.
21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069 | ||||
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May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
May 21, 1993 |
March 9, 1997 |
December 25, 2000 |
October 14, 2004 |
August 1, 2008 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
May 20, 2012 |
March 9, 2016 |
December 26, 2019 |
October 14, 2023 |
August 2, 2027 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 |
March 9, 2035 |
December 26, 2038 |
October 14, 2042 |
August 2, 2046 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 20, 2050 |
March 9, 2054 |
December 26, 2057 |
October 13, 2061 |
August 2, 2065 |
158 | ||||
May 20, 2069 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 158". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC