Loading AI tools
Total eclipse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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.
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]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2059 May 11 at 16:45:12.3 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2059 May 11 at 17:49:14.5 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2059 May 11 at 17:49:34.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2059 May 11 at 17:49:54.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2059 May 11 at 19:01:24.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2059 May 11 at 19:16:52.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2059 May 11 at 19:22:15.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2059 May 11 at 19:24:12.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2059 May 11 at 20:54:52.7 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2059 May 11 at 20:55:10.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2059 May 11 at 20:55:27.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2059 May 11 at 21:59:32.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.02418 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.04894 |
| Gamma | −0.50795 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 03h14m47.9s |
| Sun Declination | +18°02'08.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'50.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 03h15m32.3s |
| Moon Declination | +17°34'20.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'59.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°58'41.8" |
| ΔT | 90.0 s |
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.
| May 11 Ascending node (new moon) | May 27 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
|  |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 129 | Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 141 |
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 | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | May 22, 2058 Partial |
−1.3194 | 124 | November 16, 2058 Partial |
1.1224 | |
| 129 | May 11, 2059 Total |
−0.508 | 134 | November 5, 2059 Annular |
0.4454 | |
| 139 | April 30, 2060 Total |
0.2422 | 144 | October 24, 2060 Annular |
−0.2625 | |
| 149 | April 20, 2061 Total |
0.9578 | 154 | October 13, 2061 Annular |
−0.9639 | |
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: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 41 | 42 |
 December 10, 1806 |
 December 20, 1824 |
 December 31, 1842 |
| 43 | 44 | 45 |
 January 11, 1861 |
 January 22, 1879 |
 February 1, 1897 |
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
 February 14, 1915 |
 February 24, 1933 |
 March 7, 1951 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
 March 18, 1969 |
 March 29, 1987 |
 April 8, 2005 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
 April 20, 2023 |
 April 30, 2041 |
May 11, 2059 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
 May 22, 2077 |
 June 2, 2095 |
 June 13, 2113 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
 June 25, 2131 |
 July 5, 2149 |
 July 16, 2167 |
| 61 | ||
 July 26, 2185 | ||
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 23–24 | May 11 | February 27–28 | December 16–17 | October 4–5 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 July 23, 2036 |
 May 11, 2040 |
 February 28, 2044 |
 December 16, 2047 |
 October 4, 2051 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 July 24, 2055 |
May 11, 2059 |
 February 28, 2063 |
 December 17, 2066 |
 October 4, 2070 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 July 24, 2074 |
 May 11, 2078 |
 February 27, 2082 |
 December 16, 2085 |
 October 4, 2089 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 July 23, 2093 |
 May 11, 2097 |
 February 28, 2101 |
 December 17, 2104 |
 October 5, 2108 |
| 157 | ||||
 July 23, 2112 | ||||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 March 25, 1819 (Saros 107) |
 February 23, 1830 (Saros 108) |
 January 22, 1841 (Saros 109) |
 November 21, 1862 (Saros 111) | |
 August 20, 1895 (Saros 114) |
 July 21, 1906 (Saros 115) |
 June 19, 1917 (Saros 116) | ||
 May 19, 1928 (Saros 117) |
 April 19, 1939 (Saros 118) |
 March 18, 1950 (Saros 119) |
 February 15, 1961 (Saros 120) |
 January 16, 1972 (Saros 121) |
 December 15, 1982 (Saros 122) |
 November 13, 1993 (Saros 123) |
 October 14, 2004 (Saros 124) |
 September 13, 2015 (Saros 125) |
 August 12, 2026 (Saros 126) |
 July 13, 2037 (Saros 127) |
 June 11, 2048 (Saros 128) |
May 11, 2059 (Saros 129) |
 April 11, 2070 (Saros 130) |
 March 10, 2081 (Saros 131) |
 February 7, 2092 (Saros 132) |
 January 8, 2103 (Saros 133) |
 December 8, 2113 (Saros 134) |
 November 6, 2124 (Saros 135) |
 October 7, 2135 (Saros 136) |
 September 6, 2146 (Saros 137) |
 August 5, 2157 (Saros 138) |
 July 5, 2168 (Saros 139) |
 June 5, 2179 (Saros 140) |
 May 4, 2190 (Saros 141) |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
 October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) |
 September 29, 1856 (Saros 122) |
 September 8, 1885 (Saros 123) |
 August 21, 1914 (Saros 124) |
 August 1, 1943 (Saros 125) |
 July 10, 1972 (Saros 126) |
 June 21, 2001 (Saros 127) |
 June 1, 2030 (Saros 128) |
May 11, 2059 (Saros 129) |
 April 21, 2088 (Saros 130) |
 April 2, 2117 (Saros 131) |
 March 12, 2146 (Saros 132) |
 February 21, 2175 (Saros 133) |
||
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
