Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, May 11, 2059, 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.

Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.508
Magnitude1.0242
Maximum eclipse
Duration143 s (2 min 23 s)
Coordinates10.7°S 100.4°W / -10.7; -100.4
Max. width of band95 km (59 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:22:16
References
Saros129 (54 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9640

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.[1]

Solar eclipses 2059 to 2061
119May 22, 2058

Partial		 124November 16, 2058

Partial
129May 11, 2059

Total		 134November 5, 2059

Annular
139April 30, 2060

Total		 144October 24, 2060

Annular
149April 20, 2061

Total		 154October 13, 2061

Annular

Saros 129

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on 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. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 . All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.[2]

Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
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

May 22, 2077
June 2, 2095

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. Espenak, F. "NASA Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References
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