Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.1838
Magnitude 1.0701
Maximum eclipse
Duration340 s (5 min 40 s)
Coordinates 28°06′N93°42′W / 28.1°N 93.7°W / 28.1; -93.7
Max. width of band232 km (144 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:56:55
References
Saros 139 (33 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9683

A total solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, May 11, 2078. 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.

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Solar eclipses 2076–2079

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 eclipse series sets from 2076 to 2079
Ascending node Descending node
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119 June 1, 2076
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Partial
124 November 26, 2076
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Partial
129 May 22, 2077
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Total
134 November 15, 2077
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Annular
139 May 11, 2078
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Total
144 November 4, 2078
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Annular
149 May 1, 2079
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Total
154 October 24, 2079
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Annular

Saros 139

This eclipse is a member of saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses on August 11, 1627, through to December 9, 1825; and total eclipses from December 21, 1843, through to March 26, 2601. 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 solar eclipse of June 13, 2132, will be the longest total solar eclipse since July 11, 1991, at 6 minutes, 55.02 seconds.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 39 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186. [2] After that date, the durations of totality will decrease until the series ends. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000. [3] Saros series eclipses occur during the Moon's ascending node (a term related to our equator and polar-naming conventions).

Series members 24–45 occur between 1901 and 2300
242526
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February 3, 1916
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February 14, 1934
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February 25, 1952
272829
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March 7, 1970
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March 18, 1988
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March 29, 2006
303132
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April 8, 2024
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April 20, 2042
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April 30, 2060
333435
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May 11, 2078
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May 22, 2096
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June 3, 2114
363738
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June 13, 2132
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June 25, 2150
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July 5, 2168
394041
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July 16, 2186
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July 27, 2204
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August 8, 2222
424344
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August 18, 2240
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August 29, 2258
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September 9, 2276
45
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September 20, 2294

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. In the 18th century:

Inex series members between 1801 and 2200:
Near lunar perigeeAfter lunar apogee
Before lunar perigee
Before lunar apogee
After lunar perigee
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November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)
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October 20, 1846
(Saros 131)
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September 29, 1875
(Saros 132)
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September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
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August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)
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July 31, 1962
(Saros 135)
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July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)
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June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)
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May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)
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May 11, 2078
(Saros 139)
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April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)
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April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
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March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)
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February 21, 2194
(Saros 143)

In the 23rd century:

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. In the 18th century:

Inex series members between 1801 and 2200:
Near lunar perigeeAfter lunar apogee
Before lunar perigee
Before lunar apogee
After lunar perigee
SE1817Nov09T.png
November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)
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October 20, 1846
(Saros 131)
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September 29, 1875
(Saros 132)
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September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
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August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)
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July 31, 1962
(Saros 135)
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July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)
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June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)
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May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)
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May 11, 2078
(Saros 139)
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April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)
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April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
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March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)
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February 21, 2194
(Saros 143)

In the 23rd century:

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.
  2. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  3. Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, −3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espenak.

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