Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma -1.2529
Magnitude 0.5306
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 62°48′S174°24′E / 62.8°S 174.4°E / -62.8; 174.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:43:02
References
Saros 119 (67 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9597

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Friday, May 11, 2040. 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.

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Solar eclipses of 2040–2043

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 20402043
Ascending node Descending node
119 May 11, 2040
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Partial
124 November 4, 2040
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Annular
129 April 30, 2041
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Total
134 October 25, 2041
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Annular
139 April 20, 2042
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Total
144 October 14, 2042
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Annular
149 April 9, 2043
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Total (non-central)
154 October 3, 2043
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Annular (non-central)

Saros 119

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

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References

  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.