Solar_eclipse_of_May_20,_2069

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069

Future partial solar eclipse

A partial solar eclipse will occur on May 20, 2069. 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.

Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...

This event will mark the beginning of Solar Saros 158.

This is the third eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: April 21, 2069 – Partial Solar Eclipse

Second eclipse this season: May 5–6, 2069 – Total Lunar Eclipse

Solar eclipses 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]

More information series sets from 2065 to 2069, Descending node ...

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]

More information Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065, May 20–21 ...

References

  1. [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. [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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