Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059

Summary

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, November 5, 2059. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Sun will be 94% covered in a moderate annular eclipse, lasting 7 minutes exactly and covering a broad path up to 238 km wide.

Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.4454
Magnitude0.9417
Maximum eclipse
Duration420 s (7 min 0 s)
Coordinates8°42′N 47°06′E / 8.7°N 47.1°E / 8.7; 47.1
Max. width of band238 km (148 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:18:15
References
Saros134 (46 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9641

Related eclipses edit

Solar eclipses 2059–2061 edit

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
119 May 22, 2058
 
Partial
124 November 16, 2058
 
Partial
129 May 11, 2059
 
Total
134 November 5, 2059
 
Annular
139 April 30, 2060
 
Total
144 October 24, 2060
 
Annular
149 April 20, 2061
 
Total
154 October 13, 2061
 
Annular

Tritos edit

Tzolkinex edit

Saros 134 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554 and hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843, and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node.[2]

Series members 32–48 occur between 1801 and 2100:
32 33 34
 
June 6, 1807
 
June 16, 1825
 
June 27, 1843
35 36 37
 
July 8, 1861
 
July 19, 1879
 
July 29, 1897
38 39 40
 
August 10, 1915
 
August 21, 1933
 
September 1, 1951
41 42 43
 
September 11, 1969
 
September 23, 1987
 
October 3, 2005
44 45 46
 
October 14, 2023
 
October 25, 2041
 
November 5, 2059 47 48  
November 15, 2077
 
November 27, 2095

Metonic cycle edit

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).

References edit

  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 134". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

External links edit

  • http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2059Nov05A.GIF