Solar eclipse of October 26, 2087

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, October 26, 2087, with a magnitude of 0.4696. 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 October 26, 2087
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2882
Magnitude0.4696
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°S 130.5°W / -71; -130.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse11:46:57
References
Saros125 (58 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9705

Eclipses in 2087

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros
  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 21, 2078
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 31, 2096

Tritos

Solar Saros 125

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2087–2090

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]

120May 2, 2087

Partial		 125October 26, 2087

Partial
130April 21, 2088

Total		 135October 14, 2088

Annular
140April 10, 2089

Annular		 145October 4, 2089

Total
150March 31, 2090

Partial		 155September 23, 2090

Total

Saros 125

It is a part of Saros cycle 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330, hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366, and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907.

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.
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