Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.508
Magnitude1.0242
Maximum eclipse
Duration143 sec (2 m 23 s)
Coordinates10°42′S 100°24′W / 10.7°S 100.4°W / -10.7; -100.4
Max. width of band95 km (59 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:22:16
References
Saros129 (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.

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]

Solar eclipses 2059–2061
119May 22, 2058

Partial
124November 16, 2058

Partial
129May 11, 2059

Total
134November 5, 2059

Annular
139April 30, 2060

Total
144October 24, 2060

Annular
149April 20, 2061

Total
154October 13, 2061

Annular

Notes

  1. 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

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