A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, May 11, 2059, with a magnitude of 1.0242. 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.
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 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2059
edit- A total solar eclipse on May 11, 2059.
- A partial lunar eclipse on May 27, 2059.
- An annular solar eclipse on November 5, 2059.
- A partial lunar eclipse on November 19, 2059.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2055
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2066
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2050
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2068
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2070
Solar Saros 129
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2088
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 12, 2146
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
editThis 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 |
Saros 129
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses from May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969; hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023; and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. 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 annularity was produced by member 34 at 5 minutes, 10 seconds on October 4, 1698, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 58 at 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 40–61 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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40 | 41 | 42 |
December 10, 1806 |
December 20, 1824 |
December 31, 1842 |
43 | 44 | 45 |
January 11, 1861 |
January 22, 1879 |
February 1, 1897 |
46 | 47 | 48 |
February 14, 1915 |
February 24, 1933 |
March 7, 1951 |
49 | 50 | 51 |
March 18, 1969 |
March 29, 1987 |
April 8, 2005 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
April 20, 2023 |
April 30, 2041 |
May 11, 2059 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
May 22, 2077 |
June 2, 2095 |
June 13, 2113 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
June 25, 2131 |
July 5, 2149 |
July 16, 2167 |
61 | ||
July 26, 2185 |
Metonic series
editThe 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 between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112 | ||||
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July 23–24 | May 11 | February 27–28 | December 16–17 | October 4–5 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
July 23, 2036 |
May 11, 2040 |
February 28, 2044 |
December 16, 2047 |
October 4, 2051 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
July 24, 2055 |
May 11, 2059 |
February 28, 2063 |
December 17, 2066 |
October 4, 2070 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
July 24, 2074 |
May 11, 2078 |
February 27, 2082 |
December 16, 2085 |
October 4, 2089 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
July 23, 2093 |
May 11, 2097 |
February 28, 2101 |
December 17, 2104 |
October 5, 2108 |
157 | ||||
July 23, 2112 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
edit- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC