A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 2, 2087, with a magnitude of 0.8011. 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 2, 2087 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1139 |
Magnitude | 0.8011 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 70°18′N 127°36′E / 70.3°N 127.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 18:04:42 |
References | |
Saros | 120 (65 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9704 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2087
edit- A partial solar eclipse on May 2, 2087.
- A total lunar eclipse on May 17, 2087.
- A partial solar eclipse on June 1, 2087.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 26, 2087.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 10, 2087.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2083
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 13, 2094
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 27, 2078
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2096
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2076
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Solar Saros 120
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 2105
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 13, 2116
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 3, 2174
Solar eclipses of 2087–2090
editThis 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]
120 | May 2, 2087 Partial |
125 | October 26, 2087 Partial |
130 | April 21, 2088 Total |
135 | October 14, 2088 Annular |
140 | April 10, 2089 Annular |
145 | October 4, 2089 Total |
150 | March 31, 2090 Partial |
155 | September 23, 2090 Total |
Saros 120
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
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55 | 56 | 57 |
January 14, 1907 |
January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
February 15, 1961 |
February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
March 20, 2015 |
March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
64 | 65 | |
April 21, 2069 |
May 2, 2087 |
References
edit- ^ 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.