Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 20, 2069, with a magnitude of 0.0879. 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.

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.4852
Magnitude0.0879
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68.8°S 69.9°W / -68.8; -69.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:53:18
References
Saros158 (1 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9662

This event will mark the beginning of Solar Saros 158.

Eclipses in 2069

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros
  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2060

Tritos

Solar Saros 158

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2065 to 2069
Descending node   Ascending node
118July 3, 2065

Partial		 123December 27, 2065

Partial
128June 22, 2066

Annular		 133December 17, 2066

Total
138June 11, 2067

Annular		 143December 6, 2067

Hybrid
148May 31, 2068

Total		 153November 24, 2068

Partial
158May 20, 2069

Partial

Saros 158

It is a part of Saros cycle 158, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series will start with a partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069. It contains total eclipses from August 5, 2195 through August 13, 2808, hybrid eclipses on August 24, 2826 and September 3, 2844, and annular eclipses from September 15, 2862 through February 27, 3133. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 16, 3313. The longest duration of totality will be 4 minutes, 43 seconds on August 28, 2231.

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.[2]

Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065
May 20–21 March 8–9 December 25–26 October 13–14 August 1–2
98 100 102 104 106
May 21, 1955 March 9, 1959 December 26, 1962 October 14, 1966 August 2, 1970
108 110 112 114 116
May 21, 1974 March 9, 1978 December 26, 1981 October 14, 1985 August 1, 1989
118 120 122 124 126

May 21, 1993
March 9, 1997
December 25, 2000
October 14, 2004
August 1, 2008
128 130 132 134 136

May 20, 2012
March 9, 2016
December 26, 2019
October 14, 2023
August 2, 2027
138 140 142 144 146

May 21, 2031
March 9, 2035
December 26, 2038
October 14, 2042
August 2, 2046
148 150 152 154 156

May 20, 2050
March 9, 2054
December 26, 2057
October 13, 2061
August 2, 2065
158 160 162 164 166

May 20, 2069		 March 8, 2073 December 26, 2076 October 13, 2080 August 1, 2084

References
  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. Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions in Freeth, Tony (2014). "Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103275. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3275F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103275. PMC 4116162. PMID 25075747.
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