A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, October 26, 2087, with a magnitude of 0.4696. 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 October 26, 2087 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.2882 |
| Magnitude | 0.4696 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 71°00′S 130°30′W / 71°S 130.5°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 11:46:57 |
| References | |
| Saros | 125 (58 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9705 |
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 January 7, 2084
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2091
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2080
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 7, 2094
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 21, 2078
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 31, 2096
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 26, 2076
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 25, 2098
Solar Saros 125
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 6, 2116
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 27, 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 125
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330, hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366, and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907.
| Series members 48–64 occur between 1900 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
 July 10, 1907 |
 July 20, 1925 |
 August 1, 1943 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
 August 11, 1961 |
 August 22, 1979 |
 September 2, 1997 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 September 13, 2015 |
 September 23, 2033 |
 October 4, 2051 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
 October 15, 2069 |
October 26, 2087 |
 November 6, 2105 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 |
 November 18, 2123 |
 November 28, 2141 |
 December 9, 2159 |
| 63 | 64 | |
 December 20, 2177 |
 December 31, 2195 | |
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.
External links
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