Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.508
Magnitude 1.0242
Maximum eclipse
Duration143 s (2 min 23 s)
Coordinates 10°42′S100°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
Saros 129 (54 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9640

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, May 11, 2059, [1] 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. Occurring about 3.5 days after perigee (on May 8, 2059, at 7:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [2]

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The path of totality will be visible from parts of Ecuador, Peru, extreme southern Colombia, and Brazil. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of eastern Oceania, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [3]

May 11, 2059 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2059 May 11 at 16:45:12.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2059 May 11 at 17:49:14.5 UTC
First Central Line2059 May 11 at 17:49:34.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2059 May 11 at 17:49:54.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2059 May 11 at 19:01:24.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2059 May 11 at 19:16:52.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2059 May 11 at 19:22:15.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2059 May 11 at 19:24:12.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2059 May 11 at 20:54:52.7 UTC
Last Central Line2059 May 11 at 20:55:10.2 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2059 May 11 at 20:55:27.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2059 May 11 at 21:59:32.9 UTC
May 11, 2059 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.02418
Eclipse Obscuration1.04894
Gamma−0.50795
Sun Right Ascension03h14m47.9s
Sun Declination+18°02'08.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension03h15m32.3s
Moon Declination+17°34'20.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'59.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°58'41.8"
ΔT90.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of May 2059
May 11
Ascending node (new moon)
 May 27
Descending node (full moon)
SE2059May11T.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2059May27.png
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129		 Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Eclipses in 2059

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2058–2061

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. [4]

The partial solar eclipse on June 21, 2058 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2058 to 2061
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 May 22, 2058
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Partial		−1.3194124 November 16, 2058
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Partial		1.1224
129 May 11, 2059
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Total		−0.508134 November 5, 2059
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Annular		0.4454
139 April 30, 2060
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Total		0.2422144 October 24, 2060
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Annular		−0.2625
149 April 20, 2061
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Total		0.9578154 October 13, 2061
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Annular		−0.9639

Saros 129

This 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. [5]

Series members 40–61 occur between 1801 and 2200:
404142
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December 10, 1806		 SE1824Dec20Am.gif
December 20, 1824		 SE1842Dec31A.gif
December 31, 1842
434445
SE1861Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1861		 SE1879Jan22A.gif
January 22, 1879 		SE1897Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1897
464748
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February 14, 1915 		SE1933Feb24A.png
February 24, 1933 		SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
495051
SE1969Mar18A.png
March 18, 1969 		SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987 		SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
525354
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April 20, 2023 		SE2041Apr30T.png
April 30, 2041 		SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
555657
SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077 		SE2095Jun02T.png
June 2, 2095 		Saros129 57van80 SE2113Jun13T.jpg
June 13, 2113
585960
Saros129 58van80 SE2131Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2131		 Saros129 59van80 SE2149Jul05T.jpg
July 5, 2149		 Saros129 60van80 SE2167Jul16T.jpg
July 16, 2167
61
Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg
July 26, 2185

Metonic series

The 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
July 23–24May 11February 27–28December 16–17October 4–5
117119121123125
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July 23, 2036 		SE2040May11P.png
May 11, 2040 		SE2044Feb28A.png
February 28, 2044 		SE2047Dec16P.png
December 16, 2047 		SE2051Oct04P.png
October 4, 2051
127129131133135
SE2055Jul24T.png
July 24, 2055 		SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059 		SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063 		SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066 		SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
137139141143145
SE2074Jul24A.png
July 24, 2074 		SE2078May11T.png
May 11, 2078 		SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082 		SE2085Dec16A.png
December 16, 2085 		SE2089Oct04T.png
October 4, 2089
147149151153155
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July 23, 2093 		SE2097May11T.png
May 11, 2097 		SE2101Feb28A.png
February 28, 2101		 Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104		 Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg
October 5, 2108
157
Saros157 04van70 SE2112Jul23P.jpg
July 23, 2112

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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March 25, 1819
(Saros 107)		 SE1830Feb23P.gif
February 23, 1830
(Saros 108)		 SE1841Jan22P.gif
January 22, 1841
(Saros 109)		 SE1862Nov21P.gif
November 21, 1862
(Saros 111)
SE1895Aug20P.gif
August 20, 1895
(Saros 114)		 SE1906Jul21P.png
July 21, 1906
(Saros 115)		 SE1917Jun19P.png
June 19, 1917
(Saros 116)
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May 19, 1928
(Saros 117)		 SE1939Apr19A.png
April 19, 1939
(Saros 118)		 SE1950Mar18A.png
March 18, 1950
(Saros 119)		 SE1961Feb15T.png
February 15, 1961
(Saros 120)		 SE1972Jan16A.png
January 16, 1972
(Saros 121)
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December 15, 1982
(Saros 122)		 SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993
(Saros 123)		 SE2004Oct14P.png
October 14, 2004
(Saros 124)		 SE2015Sep13P.png
September 13, 2015
(Saros 125)		 SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
(Saros 126)
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July 13, 2037
(Saros 127)		 SE2048Jun11A.png
June 11, 2048
(Saros 128)		 SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
(Saros 129)		 SE2070Apr11T.png
April 11, 2070
(Saros 130)		 SE2081Mar10A.png
March 10, 2081
(Saros 131)
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February 7, 2092
(Saros 132)		 SE2103Jan08T.png
January 8, 2103
(Saros 133)		 SE2113Dec08A.png
December 8, 2113
(Saros 134)		 SE2124Nov06A.png
November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)		 SE2135Oct07T.png
October 7, 2135
(Saros 136)
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September 6, 2146
(Saros 137)		 SE2157Aug05A.png
August 5, 2157
(Saros 138)		 SE2168Jul05T.png
July 5, 2168
(Saros 139)		 SE2179Jun05A.png
June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)		 SE2190May04A.png
May 4, 2190
(Saros 141)

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1827Oct20H.gif
October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)		 SE1856Sep29A.gif
September 29, 1856
(Saros 122)		 SE1885Sep08T.png
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)
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August 21, 1914
(Saros 124)		 SE1943Aug01A.png
August 1, 1943
(Saros 125)		 SE1972Jul10T.png
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)
SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)		 SE2030Jun01A.png
June 1, 2030
(Saros 128)		 SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
(Saros 129)
SE2088Apr21T.png
April 21, 2088
(Saros 130)		 SE2117Apr02A.png
April 2, 2117
(Saros 131)		 SE2146Mar12A.png
March 12, 2146
(Saros 132)
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February 21, 2175
(Saros 133)

Notes

  1. ↑ "May 11, 2059 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2059 May 11". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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