Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
| Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.1187 |
| Magnitude | 0.9631 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 285 sec (4 m 45 s) |
| Coordinates | 15°18′N 29°54′W / 15.3°N 29.9°W |
| Max. width of band | 134 km (83 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:59:59 |
| References | |
| Saros | 138 (33 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9617 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on May 31, 2049. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2047-2050
Each member 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.
Note: Partial lunar eclises on January 26, 2047 and July 22, 2047 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | June 23, 2047 Partial |
123 | December 16, 2047 Partial | |
| 128 | June 11, 2048 Annular |
133 | December 5, 2048 Total | |
| 138 | May 31, 2049 Annular |
143 | November 25, 2049 Hybrid | |
| 148 | May 20, 2049 Hybrid |
153 | November 14, 2050 Partial | |
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.
 September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
 August 21, 1933 (Saros 134) |
 July 31, 1962 (Saros 135) |
 July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
 June 21, 2020 (Saros 137) |
May 31, 2049 (Saros 138) |
 May 11, 2078 (Saros 139) |
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).
| May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 1, 2011 |
 March 20, 2015 |
 January 6, 2019 |
 October 25, 2022 |
 August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 March 20, 2034 |
 January 5, 2038 |
 October 25, 2041 |
 August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
May 31, 2049 |
 March 20, 2053 |
 January 5, 2057 |
 October 24, 2060 |
 August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 May 31, 2068 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 January 6, 2076 |
 October 24, 2079 |
 August 13, 2083 |
| 157 | ||||
 June 1, 2087 |
