Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, May 22, 2058. 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 22, 2058
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.3194
Magnitude0.4141
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates63.5°S 61.1°E / -63.5; 61.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:39:25
References
Saros119 (68 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9638

Solar eclipses 2059–2061

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 2059–2061
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 119

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

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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