Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087

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Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.1139
Magnitude 0.8011
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 70°18′N127°36′E / 70.3°N 127.6°E / 70.3; 127.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:04:42
References
Saros 120 (65 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9704

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 2, 2087, [1] with a magnitude of 0.8011. 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.

Contents

The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern Russia, northern North America, and Northern Europe.

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. [2]

May 2, 2087 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2087 May 02 at 16:16:42.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2087 May 02 at 17:53:39.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2087 May 02 at 18:04:42.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2087 May 02 at 18:29:25.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2087 May 02 at 19:52:30.9 UTC
May 2, 2087 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.80105
Eclipse Obscuration0.76005
Gamma1.11395
Sun Right Ascension02h40m34.0s
Sun Declination+15°36'24.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'52.3"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension02h39m33.9s
Moon Declination+16°43'04.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'22.6"
ΔT111.7 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of May–June 2087
May 2
Descending node (new moon)
May 17
Ascending node (full moon)
June 1
Descending node (new moon)
SE2087May02P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2087May17.png SE2087Jun01P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 120
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 132
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 158

Eclipses in 2087

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 120

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2087–2090

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. [3]

The partial solar eclipse on June 1, 2087 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2087 to 2090
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 May 2, 2087
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Partial
1.1139125 October 26, 2087
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Partial
−1.2882
130 April 21, 2088
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Total
0.4135135 October 14, 2088
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Annular
−0.5349
140 April 10, 2089
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Annular
−0.3319145 October 4, 2089
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Total
0.2167
150 March 31, 2090
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Partial
−1.1028155 September 23, 2090
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Total
0.9157

Saros 120

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD. It contains annular eclipses from August 11, 1059 through April 26, 1492; hybrid eclipses from May 8, 1510 through June 8, 1564; and total eclipses from June 20, 1582 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. 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 11 at 6 minutes, 24 seconds on September 11, 1113, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 60 at 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 50–71 occur between 1801 and 2195:
505152
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November 19, 1816
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November 30, 1834
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December 11, 1852
535455
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December 22, 1870
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January 1, 1889
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January 14, 1907
565758
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January 24, 1925
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February 4, 1943
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February 15, 1961
596061
SE1979Feb26T.png
February 26, 1979
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March 9, 1997
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March 20, 2015
626364
SE2033Mar30T.png
March 30, 2033
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April 11, 2051
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April 21, 2069
656667
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May 2, 2087
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May 14, 2105
Saros120 67van71 SE2123May25P.jpg
May 25, 2123
686970
Saros120 68van71 SE2141Jun04P.jpg
June 4, 2141
Saros120 69van71 SE2159Jun16P.jpg
June 16, 2159
Saros120 70van71 SE2177Jun26P.jpg
June 26, 2177
71
Saros120 71van71 SE2195Jul07P.jpg
July 7, 2195

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 descending node.

22 eclipse events between July 15, 2083 and December 7, 2170
July 14–15May 2–3February 18–19December 7–8September 25–26
118120122124126
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July 15, 2083
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May 2, 2087
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February 18, 2091
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December 7, 2094
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September 25, 2098
128130132134136
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July 15, 2102
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May 3, 2106
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February 18, 2110
SE2113Dec08A.png
December 8, 2113
SE2117Sep26T.png
September 26, 2117
138140142144146
SE2121Jul14A.png
July 14, 2121
SE2125May03A.png
May 3, 2125
SE2129Feb18T.png
February 18, 2129
SE2132Dec07A.png
December 7, 2132
SE2136Sep26T.png
September 26, 2136
148150152154156
Saros148 28van75 SE2140Jul14T.jpg
July 14, 2140
Saros150 24van71 SE2144May03A.jpg
May 3, 2144
Saros152 20van70 SE2148Feb19T.jpg
February 19, 2148
Saros154 14van71 SE2151Dec08A.jpg
December 8, 2151
Saros156 09van69 SE2155Sep26A.jpg
September 26, 2155
158160162164
Saros158 06van70 SE2159Jul15P.jpg
July 15, 2159
Saros164 05van80 SE2170Dec07P.jpg
December 7, 2170

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 2054 and 2200
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August 3, 2054
(Saros 117)
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July 3, 2065
(Saros 118)
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June 1, 2076
(Saros 119)
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May 2, 2087
(Saros 120)
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April 1, 2098
(Saros 121)
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March 1, 2109
(Saros 122)
Saros123 59van70 SE2120Jan30P.jpg
January 30, 2120
(Saros 123)
Saros124 61van73 SE2130Dec30P.jpg
December 30, 2130
(Saros 124)
Saros125 61van73 SE2141Nov28P.jpg
November 28, 2141
(Saros 125)
Saros126 55van72 SE2152Oct28P.jpg
October 28, 2152
(Saros 126)
Saros127 66van82 SE2163Sep28P.jpg
September 28, 2163
(Saros 127)
Saros128 67van73 SE2174Aug27P.jpg
August 27, 2174
(Saros 128)
Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg
July 26, 2185
(Saros 129)
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June 26, 2196
(Saros 130)

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
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October 31, 1826
(Saros 111)
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August 31, 1913
(Saros 114)
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August 12, 1942
(Saros 115)
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July 22, 1971
(Saros 116)
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July 1, 2000
(Saros 117)
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June 12, 2029
(Saros 118)
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May 22, 2058
(Saros 119)
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May 2, 2087
(Saros 120)
Saros121 66van71 SE2116Apr13P.jpg
April 13, 2116
(Saros 121)
Saros122 65van70 SE2145Mar23P.jpg
March 23, 2145
(Saros 122)
Saros123 62van70 SE2174Mar03P.jpg
March 3, 2174
(Saros 123)

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