Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068

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Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.797
Magnitude 1.011
Maximum eclipse
Duration66 s (1 min 6 s)
Coordinates 31°00′S123°12′E / 31°S 123.2°E / -31; 123.2
Max. width of band63 km (39 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:56:39
References
Saros 148 (24 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9660

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, May 31, 2068, with a magnitude of 1.011. 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.

Contents

Eclipses in 2068

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 148

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2065–2069

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]

The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2065 and August 2, 2065 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on April 21, 2069 and October 15, 2069 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 July 3, 2065
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Partial
1.4619123 December 27, 2065
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Partial
−1.0688
128 June 22, 2066
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Annular
0.733133 December 17, 2066
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Total
−0.4043
138 June 11, 2067
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Annular
−0.0387143 December 6, 2067
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Hybrid
0.2845
148 May 31, 2068
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Total
−0.797153 November 24, 2068
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Partial
1.0299
158 May 20, 2069
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Partial
−1.4852

Saros 148

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 148, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It contains annular eclipses on April 29, 2014 and May 9, 2032; a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050; and total eclipses from May 31, 2068 through August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. 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 will be produced by member 22 at 22 seconds (by default) on May 9, 2032, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 54 at 5 minutes, 23 seconds on April 26, 2609. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [2]

Series members 10–31 occur between 1801 and 2200:
101112
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December 30, 1815
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January 9, 1834
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January 21, 1852
131415
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January 31, 1870
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February 11, 1888
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February 23, 1906
161718
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March 5, 1924
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March 16, 1942
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March 27, 1960
192021
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April 7, 1978
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April 17, 1996
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April 29, 2014
222324
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May 9, 2032
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May 20, 2050
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May 31, 2068
252627
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June 11, 2086
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June 22, 2104
Saros148 27van75 SE2122Jul04T.jpg
July 4, 2122
282930
Saros148 28van75 SE2140Jul14T.jpg
July 14, 2140
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July 25, 2158
Saros148 30van75 SE2176Aug04T.jpg
August 4, 2176
31
Saros148 31van75 SE2194Aug16T.jpg
August 16, 2194

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
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June 1, 2011
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March 20, 2015
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January 6, 2019
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October 25, 2022
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August 12, 2026
128130132134136
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June 1, 2030
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March 20, 2034
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January 5, 2038
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October 25, 2041
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August 12, 2045
138140142144146
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May 31, 2049
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March 20, 2053
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January 5, 2057
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October 24, 2060
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August 12, 2064
148150152154156
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May 31, 2068
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March 19, 2072
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January 6, 2076
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October 24, 2079
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August 13, 2083
158160162164
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June 1, 2087
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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
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June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)
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May 16, 1817
(Saros 125)
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April 14, 1828
(Saros 126)
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March 15, 1839
(Saros 127)
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February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)
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January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)
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December 12, 1871
(Saros 130)
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November 10, 1882
(Saros 131)
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October 9, 1893
(Saros 132)
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September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
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August 10, 1915
(Saros 134)
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July 9, 1926
(Saros 135)
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June 8, 1937
(Saros 136)
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May 9, 1948
(Saros 137)
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April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)
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March 7, 1970
(Saros 139)
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February 4, 1981
(Saros 140)
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January 4, 1992
(Saros 141)
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December 4, 2002
(Saros 142)
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November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)
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October 2, 2024
(Saros 144)
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September 2, 2035
(Saros 145)
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August 2, 2046
(Saros 146)
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July 1, 2057
(Saros 147)
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May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)
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May 1, 2079
(Saros 149)
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March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)
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February 28, 2101
(Saros 151)
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January 29, 2112
(Saros 152)
Saros153 15van70 SE2122Dec28A.jpg
December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)
Saros154 13van71 SE2133Nov26A.jpg
November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)
Saros155 13van71 SE2144Oct26T.jpg
October 26, 2144
(Saros 155)
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September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)
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August 25, 2166
(Saros 157)
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July 25, 2177
(Saros 158)
Saros159 04van70 SE2188Jun24P.jpg
June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)
Saros160 02van71 SE2199May24P.jpg
May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

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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November 29, 1807
(Saros 139)
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November 9, 1836
(Saros 140)
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October 19, 1865
(Saros 141)
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September 29, 1894
(Saros 142)
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September 10, 1923
(Saros 143)
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August 20, 1952
(Saros 144)
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July 31, 1981
(Saros 145)
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July 11, 2010
(Saros 146)
SE2039Jun21A.png
June 21, 2039
(Saros 147)
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May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)
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May 11, 2097
(Saros 149)
Saros150 23van71 SE2126Apr22A.jpg
April 22, 2126
(Saros 150)
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April 2, 2155
(Saros 151)
Saros152 22van70 SE2184Mar12T.jpg
March 12, 2184
(Saros 152)

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. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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