Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049

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Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
Annular eclipse
SE2049May31A.png
Map
Gamma −0.1187
Magnitude 0.9631
Maximum eclipse
Duration285 s (4 min 45 s)
Coordinates 15°18′N29°54′W / 15.3°N 29.9°W / 15.3; -29.9
Max. width of band134 km (83 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:59:59
References
Saros 138 (33 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9617

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 31, 2049, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9631. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.1 days before apogee (on June 4, 2049, at 15:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller. [2]

Contents

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Peru, southern Ecuador, southern Colombia, northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, Guyana, northern Suriname, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, southwestern Mali, northern Guinea, southwestern Burkina Faso, northeastern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, extreme northern Gabon, northern Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and western Tanzania. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, the Southeastern United States, Africa, Southern Europe, and the Middle East.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of May 31, 2049
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Linden 07:06:0808:28:4308:29:1608:29:4810:13:241:053:0791.91%
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana New Amsterdam 07:06:4308:29:2208:30:3908:31:5610:15:582:343:0991.95%
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Nieuw Nickerie 08:06:4509:29:1309:31:1209:33:1211:17:203:593:1191.97%
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Praia 11:17:5213:21:1113:22:5813:24:4615:17:153:353:5992.82%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar 12:39:4314:42:0114:44:0914:46:1516:29:334:143:5092.63%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Thiès 12:41:3914:44:0614:45:3914:47:1416:30:173:083:4992.62%
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Farafenni 12:46:3514:48:5814:50:3414:52:1216:33:303:143:4792.55%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Tambacounda 12:54:0614:54:0414:56:0814:58:1216:36:114:083:4292.47%
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Sikasso 13:25:1715:16:0115:17:4215:19:2416:47:083:233:2292.05%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Tamale 13:42:5615:26:2915:28:0915:29:4816:51:583:193:0991.76%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Atakpamé 13:50:1915:31:2015:32:3515:33:5116:54:132:313:0491.61%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Savè 14:53:5616:32:3516:34:0816:35:4317:54:283:083:0191.55%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Bohicon 14:53:1916:32:4616:34:1016:35:3517:54:502:493:0291.55%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abeokuta 14:56:5816:33:5616:35:5416:37:5317:55:203:572:5891.48%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 14:57:2716:35:3416:36:2216:37:1217:55:441:382:5891.47%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ibadan 14:58:2016:34:4916:36:2716:38:0717:55:233:182:5791.46%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Benin City 15:03:3316:37:1716:39:1216:41:0717:56:293:502:5391.34%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Awka 15:07:1216:39:4616:40:5016:41:5517:56:512:092:5091.26%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Owerri 15:07:3416:39:2016:41:1516:43:1117:57:153:512:5091.25%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Port Harcourt 15:07:5816:40:5416:41:3816:42:2317:57:351:292:5091.23%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Umuahia 15:08:3816:39:4816:41:4116:43:3517:57:193:472:4991.22%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Uyo 15:09:5716:40:3116:42:2516:44:1917:57:383:482:4891.19%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Calabar 15:10:5616:40:5616:42:5116:44:4617:57:433:502:4791.17%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Douala 15:14:2916:42:5016:44:3616:46:2017:58:183:302:4491.07%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Yaoundé 15:18:1616:44:2216:46:0716:47:5317:58:263:312:4090.97%
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Ouésso 15:27:2116:48:0716:49:5916:51:4917:58:593:422:3290.68%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbandaka 15:31:1516:50:0216:51:3116:53:0017:48:27 (sunset)2:582:1790.54%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Rutana 16:43:4017:52:3217:52:4917:55:0417:55:04 (sunset)2:341:1189.91%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Gitega 16:43:3317:53:3817:53:5117:54:2417:56:07 (sunset)0:461:1389.91%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Bujumbura 16:43:1017:53:0017:54:0217:55:0517:58:28 (sunset)2:051:1589.93%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of May 31, 2049
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Lima 06:22:05 (sunrise)07:04:1608:20:511:5967.82%
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Quito 06:08:37 (sunrise)07:07:0808:25:172:1780.05%
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas 07:09:1908:22:5409:52:002:4364.06%
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Boa Vista 07:02:4408:23:0010:03:093:0090.81%
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Georgetown 07:06:5408:30:1210:14:293:0890.31%
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Paramaribo 08:07:5009:34:1311:23:113:1591.58%
Flag of France.svg  French Guiana Cayenne 08:09:3009:38:4911:31:523:2284.55%
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Santa Maria 11:21:0613:24:4515:17:103:5690.81%
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania Nouakchott 12:46:3714:46:2216:28:053:4181.42%
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Banjul 12:42:4714:47:3716:32:013:4992.32%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Touba 12:45:4014:48:5116:31:543:4692.38%
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Bissau 12:46:4514:51:4316:34:463:4887.94%
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Conakry 12:55:0814:58:5616:38:583:4481.33%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Freetown 12:57:4215:01:0016:40:043:4278.18%
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Bamako 13:16:1015:11:3316:43:533:2891.82%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 13:29:5415:21:5416:50:123:2081.94%
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 13:39:1115:24:3216:48:593:1084.68%
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Niamey 14:50:1516:29:0717:49:162:5975.64%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Accra 13:47:5515:31:5416:54:293:0784.54%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Lomé 13:51:4115:33:4116:55:003:0388.44%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Porto-Novo 14:55:2416:35:2317:55:273:0091.16%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 15:06:3816:39:1617:54:512:4882.63%
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 14:11:0015:43:3316:58:382:4876.98%
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Malabo 15:12:4216:43:5517:58:192:4690.81%
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Libreville 15:16:3616:46:0517:59:162:4381.18%
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Bangui 15:30:0216:49:4917:54:16 (sunset)2:2481.61%
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Impfondo 15:30:1816:50:5117:51:46 (sunset)2:2190.51%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 15:29:4816:51:1917:53:09 (sunset)2:2373.90%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Ruyigi 16:43:4517:52:3117:54:46 (sunset)1:1189.29%
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Kigali 16:43:2717:53:4417:57:59 (sunset)1:1585.89%
References: [1]

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 31, 2049 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2049 May 31 at 10:59:01.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2049 May 31 at 12:02:48.8 UTC
First Central Line2049 May 31 at 12:04:32.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2049 May 31 at 12:06:17.1 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2049 May 31 at 13:10:53.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2049 May 31 at 13:59:23.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2049 May 31 at 13:59:58.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2049 May 31 at 14:01:22.0 UTC
Greatest Duration2049 May 31 at 14:05:27.1 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2049 May 31 at 14:49:03.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2049 May 31 at 15:53:39.3 UTC
Last Central Line2049 May 31 at 15:55:25.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2049 May 31 at 15:57:12.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2049 May 31 at 17:01:01.0 UTC
May 31, 2049 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.96312
Eclipse Obscuration0.92760
Gamma−0.11870
Sun Right Ascension04h35m51.4s
Sun Declination+22°01'26.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'46.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension04h35m52.6s
Moon Declination+21°54'56.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'57.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'55.1"
ΔT83.7 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 2049
May 17
Ascending node (full moon)
May 31
Descending node (new moon)
 June 15
Ascending node (full moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-2049May17.png SE2049May31A.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2049Jun15.png
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 112		 Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 138		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 150

Eclipses in 2049

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 138

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2047–2050

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 eclipses on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2047 to 2050
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 June 23, 2047
SE2047Jun23P.png
Partial		1.3766123 December 16, 2047
SE2047Dec16P.png
Partial		−1.0661
128 June 11, 2048
SE2048Jun11A.png
Annular		0.6468133 December 5, 2048
SE2048Dec05T.png
Total		−0.3973
138 May 31, 2049
SE2049May31A.png
Annular		−0.1187143 November 25, 2049
SE2049Nov25H.png
Hybrid		0.2943
148 May 20, 2050
SE2050May20H.png
Hybrid		−0.8688153 November 14, 2050
SE2050Nov14P.png
Partial		1.0447

Saros 138

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 138, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 6, 1472. It contains annular eclipses from August 31, 1598 through February 18, 2482; a hybrid eclipse on March 1, 2500; and total eclipses from March 12, 2518 through April 3, 2554. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on July 11, 2716. 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 23 at 8 minutes, 2 seconds on February 11, 1869, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 56 seconds on April 3, 2554. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 20–41 occur between 1801 and 2200:
202122
SE1815Jan10A.png
January 10, 1815		 SE1833Jan20A.png
January 20, 1833		 SE1851Feb01A.png
February 1, 1851
232425
SE1869Feb11A.png
February 11, 1869		 SE1887Feb22A.png
February 22, 1887		 SE1905Mar06A.png
March 6, 1905
262728
SE1923Mar17A.png
March 17, 1923 		SE1941Mar27A.png
March 27, 1941 		SE1959Apr08A.png
April 8, 1959
293031
SE1977Apr18A.png
April 18, 1977 		SE1995Apr29A.png
April 29, 1995 		SE2013May10A.png
May 10, 2013
323334
SE2031May21A.png
May 21, 2031 		SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049 		SE2067Jun11A.png
June 11, 2067
353637
SE2085Jun22A.png
June 22, 2085 		SE2103Jul04A.png
July 4, 2103		 SE2121Jul14A.png
July 14, 2121
383940
SE2139Jul25A.png
July 25, 2139		 SE2157Aug05A.png
August 5, 2157		 SE2175Aug16A.png
August 16, 2175
41
SE2193Aug26A.png
August 26, 2193

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 June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1March 19–20January 5–6October 24–25August 12–13
118120122124126
SE2011Jun01P.png
June 1, 2011 		SE2015Mar20T.png
March 20, 2015 		SE2019Jan06P.png
January 6, 2019 		SE2022Oct25P.png
October 25, 2022 		SE2026Aug12T.png
August 12, 2026
128130132134136
SE2030Jun01A.png
June 1, 2030 		SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034 		SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038 		SE2041Oct25A.png
October 25, 2041 		SE2045Aug12T.png
August 12, 2045
138140142144146
SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049 		SE2053Mar20A.png
March 20, 2053 		SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057 		SE2060Oct24A.png
October 24, 2060 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
148150152154156
SE2068May31T.png
May 31, 2068 		SE2072Mar19P.png
March 19, 2072 		SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076 		SE2079Oct24A.png
October 24, 2079 		SE2083Aug13P.png
August 13, 2083
158160162164
SE2087Jun01P.png
June 1, 2087 		SE2098Oct24P.png
October 24, 2098

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
SE1809Apr14A.gif
April 14, 1809
(Saros 116)		 SE1820Mar14T.gif
March 14, 1820
(Saros 117)		 SE1831Feb12A.gif
February 12, 1831
(Saros 118)		 SE1842Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1842
(Saros 119)		 SE1852Dec11T.gif
December 11, 1852
(Saros 120)
SE1863Nov11A.png
November 11, 1863
(Saros 121)		 SE1874Oct10An.gif
October 10, 1874
(Saros 122)		 SE1885Sep08T.png
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)		 SE1896Aug09T.png
August 9, 1896
(Saros 124)		 SE1907Jul10A.png
July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)
SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)		 SE1929May09T.png
May 9, 1929
(Saros 127)		 SE1940Apr07A.png
April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)		 SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)		 SE1962Feb05T.png
February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)
SE1973Jan04A.png
January 4, 1973
(Saros 131)		 SE1983Dec04A.png
December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)		 SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994
(Saros 133)		 SE2005Oct03A.png
October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)		 SE2016Sep01A.png
September 1, 2016
(Saros 135)
SE2027Aug02T.png
August 2, 2027
(Saros 136)		 SE2038Jul02A.png
July 2, 2038
(Saros 137)		 SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)		 SE2060Apr30T.png
April 30, 2060
(Saros 139)		 SE2071Mar31A.png
March 31, 2071
(Saros 140)
SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082
(Saros 141)		 SE2093Jan27T.png
January 27, 2093
(Saros 142)		 SE2103Dec29A.png
December 29, 2103
(Saros 143)		 SE2114Nov27A.png
November 27, 2114
(Saros 144)		 SE2125Oct26T.png
October 26, 2125
(Saros 145)
SE2136Sep26T.png
September 26, 2136
(Saros 146)		 Saros147 30van80 SE2147Aug26A.jpg
August 26, 2147
(Saros 147)		 SE2158Jul25T.png
July 25, 2158
(Saros 148)		 Saros149 29van71 SE2169Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2169
(Saros 149)		 Saros150 26van71 SE2180May24A.jpg
May 24, 2180
(Saros 150)
SE2191Apr23A.png
April 23, 2191
(Saros 151)

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
SE1817Nov09T.png
November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)		 SE1846Oct20A.png
October 20, 1846
(Saros 131)		 SE1875Sep29A.png
September 29, 1875
(Saros 132)
SE1904Sep09T.png
September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)		 SE1933Aug21A.png
August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)		 SE1962Jul31A.png
July 31, 1962
(Saros 135)
SE1991Jul11T.png
July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)		 SE2020Jun21A.png
June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)		 SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)
SE2078May11T.png
May 11, 2078
(Saros 139)		 SE2107Apr23A.png
April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)		 SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
SE2165Mar12T.png
March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)		 SE2194Feb21A.png
February 21, 2194
(Saros 143)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "May 31, 2049 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2049 May 31". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 15 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 138". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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