Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077

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Solar eclipse of May 22, 2077
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma-0.5725
Magnitude1.029
Maximum eclipse
Duration174 sec (2 m 54 s)
Coordinates13°06′S 148°18′E / 13.1°S 148.3°E / -13.1; 148.3
Max. width of band119 km (74 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:46:05
References
Saros129 (55 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9681

A total solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, May 22, 2077. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Related eclipses[]

Solar eclipses 2076–2079[]

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 2076–2079
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Saros Map
119 June 1, 2076
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Partial 		124 November 26, 2076
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Partial
129 May 22, 2077
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Total 		134 November 15, 2077
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Annular
139 May 11, 2078
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Total 		144 November 4, 2078
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Annular
149 May 1, 2079
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Total 		154 October 24, 2079
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Annular

Saros 129[]

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 . All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.[2]

Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
46 47 48
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February 14, 1915 		SE1933Feb24A.png
February 24, 1933 		SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
49 50 51
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March 18, 1969 		SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987 		SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
52 53 54
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April 20, 2023 		SE2041Apr30T.png
April 30, 2041 		SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
55 56
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May 22, 2077 		SE2095Jun02T.png
June 2, 2095

Inex series[]

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

In the 19th century:

  • Solar Saros 120: Total Solar Eclipse of 1816 Nov 19
  • Solar Saros 121: Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 1845 Oct 30
  • Solar Saros 122: Annular Solar Eclipse of 1874 Oct 10

In the 22nd century:

  • Solar Saros 130: Total Solar Eclipse of 2106 May 03
  • Solar Saros 131: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2135 Apr 13
  • Solar Saros 132: Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2164 Mar 23
  • Solar Saros 133: Total Solar Eclipse of 2193 Mar 03

Notes[]

  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. ^ Espenak, F. "NASA Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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