Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069

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.

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.4852
Magnitude0.0879
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68.8°S 69.9°W / -68.8; -69.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:53:18
References
Saros158 (1 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9662

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]

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]

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.
  2. Freeth, Tony. "Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions". plos.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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