A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22, 2096, with a magnitude of 1.0737. 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. This will be the first eclipse of saros series 139 to exceed series 136 in length of totality. The length of totality for saros 139 is increasing, while that of Saros 136 is decreasing.
Solar eclipse of May 22, 2096 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.1196 |
Magnitude | 1.0737 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 367 s (6 min 7 s) |
Coordinates | 27°18′N 153°24′E / 27.3°N 153.4°E |
Max. width of band | 241 km (150 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:37:14 |
References | |
Saros | 139 (34 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9724 |
The total phase of the eclipse will begin over Indonesia and later the Philippines, continuing into the western Pacific Ocean (all west of the International Date Line) in the morning hours of Tuesday, May 22, 2096 and will be seen east of the line in the afternoon hours of Monday, May 21, 2096. After the Philippines, no land is visited by the Moon's shadow as it moves over the Pacific Ocean. Totality will end approximately 1000 miles (1600 km) off the United States West Coast.
Overall, at 6 minutes and 7 seconds, this will be the third longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. The only two longer eclipses in the century are July 22, 2009 and August 2, 2027. The longest duration of this eclipse on land will be seen in Surigao del Sur, the Philippines, 4 minutes and 38 seconds.
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2096
edit- A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 7, 2096.
- A total solar eclipse on May 22, 2096.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 6, 2096.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 31, 2096.
- An annular solar eclipse on November 15, 2096.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 29, 2096.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 3, 2092
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2100
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 10, 2089
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 4, 2103
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2087
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 28, 2105
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2085
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 23, 2107
Solar Saros 139
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 3, 2114
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 3, 2125
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 23, 2183
Solar eclipses of 2094–2098
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 solar eclipses on January 16, 2094 (total) and July 12, 2094 (partial) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 1, 2098 and September 25, 2098 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2094 to 2098 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | June 13, 2094 Partial |
−1.4613 | 124 | December 7, 2094 Partial |
1.1547 | |
129 | June 2, 2095 Total |
−0.6396 | 134 | November 27, 2095 Annular |
0.4903 | |
139 | May 22, 2096 Total |
0.1196 | 144 | November 15, 2096 Annular |
−0.20 | |
149 | May 11, 2097 Total |
0.8516 | 154 | November 4, 2097 Annular |
−0.8926 | |
159 | May 1, 2098 | 164 | October 24, 2098 Partial |
−1.5407 |
Saros 139
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. 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 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000.[2] All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[3]
Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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18 | 19 | 20 |
November 29, 1807 |
December 9, 1825 |
December 21, 1843 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
December 31, 1861 |
January 11, 1880 |
January 22, 1898 |
24 | 25 | 26 |
February 3, 1916 |
February 14, 1934 |
February 25, 1952 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
March 7, 1970 |
March 18, 1988 |
March 29, 2006 |
30 | 31 | 32 |
April 8, 2024 |
April 20, 2042 |
April 30, 2060 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
May 11, 2078 |
May 22, 2096 |
June 3, 2114 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
June 13, 2132 |
June 25, 2150 |
July 5, 2168 |
39 | ||
July 16, 2186 |
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.
23 eclipse events between August 3, 2054 and October 16, 2145 | ||||
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August 3–4 | May 22–24 | March 10–11 | December 27–29 | October 14–16 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
August 3, 2054 |
May 22, 2058 |
March 11, 2062 |
December 27, 2065 |
October 15, 2069 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
August 3, 2073 |
May 22, 2077 |
March 10, 2081 |
December 27, 2084 |
October 14, 2088 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
August 3, 2092 |
May 22, 2096 |
March 10, 2100 |
December 29, 2103 |
October 16, 2107 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
August 4, 2111 |
May 24, 2115 |
March 11, 2119 |
December 28, 2122 |
October 16, 2126 |
157 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 165 |
August 4, 2130 |
May 23, 2134 |
October 16, 2145 |
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.
- ^ Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, −3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espenak.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 139". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
edit- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC