An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, May 9, 2032, with a magnitude of 0.9957. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 5.7 days after perigee (on May 3, 2032, at 21:40 UTC) and 7.4 days before apogee (on May 16, 2032, at 23:20 UTC).
Since most of the path of this eclipse is narrow and passes over the South Atlantic Ocean, no land areas will witness annularity. However, a partial eclipse will be visible for parts of southern South America and Southern Africa.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of May 9, 2032(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Santiago 07:25:27 07:56:25 08:29:08 1:06 4.62% Córdoba 08:25:35 08:59:43 09:36:01 1:10 5.36% Asunción 08:44:30 09:04:48 09:25:53 0:41 0.83% Buenos Aires 08:16:06 09:05:41 09:59:44 1:44 16.64% Montevideo 08:15:15 09:07:56 10:05:35 1:50 19.51% Ushuaia 09:09:46 (sunrise) 09:15:14 10:21:04 1:11 56.45% Stanley 08:16:20 (sunrise) 09:17:59 10:28:52 2:13 58.65% Punta Arenas 09:13:49 (sunrise) 09:18:35 10:15:51 1:02 49.00% São Paulo 08:38:28 09:19:59 10:04:39 1:26 5.76% Rio de Janeiro 08:38:51 09:26:05 10:17:11 1:38 7.91% Orcadas Base 08:26:23 09:37:42 10:52:58 2:27 87.65% King Edward Point 09:25:09 10:41:17 12:02:00 2:37 84.36% Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 11:53:24 13:26:08 14:56:55 3:04 73.06% Bouvet Island 14:16:07 15:38:12 16:56:07 2:40 94.01% Jamestown 12:42:26 14:01:27 15:14:07 2:32 24.27% Cape Town 15:05:32 16:25:49 17:36:26 2:31 63.51% Toliara 17:07:05 17:31:40 17:34:05 (sunset) 2:31 10.86% Windhoek 15:25:06 16:36:53 17:39:54 2:15 34.59% Lubango 14:37:39 15:38:36 16:32:56 1:55 17.10% Maseru 15:30:57 16:39:52 17:29:27 (sunset) 1:59 44.89% Luanda 15:02:12 15:41:55 16:18:37 1:16 4.48% Gaborone 15:38:26 16:43:33 17:41:18 2:05 33.71% Johannesburg 15:38:38 16:43:34 17:32:12 (sunset) 1:54 36.13% Menongue 14:48:59 15:43:59 16:33:22 1:44 14.19% Pretoria 15:39:55 16:44:07 17:32:21 (sunset) 1:52 34.79% Mbabane 15:43:22 16:45:22 17:19:37 (sunset) 1:36 33.92% Maputo 15:46:21 16:46:27 17:14:30 (sunset) 1:28 31.79% Harare 16:06:05 16:52:30 17:32:28 (sunset) 1:26 12.82% Lusaka 16:09:19 16:52:33 17:32:16 1:23 9.44% Lilongwe 16:25:46 16:56:06 17:24:41 1:01 3.75%References:
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+May 9, 2032 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2032 May 09 at 11:11:06.6 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2032 May 09 at 12:48:26.6 UTC First Central Line 2032 May 09 at 12:49:18.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2032 May 09 at 12:49:18.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2032 May 09 at 12:50:10.9 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2032 May 09 at 13:08:19.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2032 May 09 at 13:26:42.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2032 May 09 at 13:36:54.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2032 May 09 at 14:03:24.2 UTC Last Central Line 2032 May 09 at 14:04:19.8 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2032 May 09 at 14:05:14.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2032 May 09 at 15:42:32.2 UTC
+May 9, 2032 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.99570 Eclipse Obscuration 0.99143 Gamma −0.93748 Sun Right Ascension 03h08m06.7s Sun Declination +17°35'43.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h08m46.1s Moon Declination +16°42'42.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'41.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'35.4" ΔT 74.9 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of April–May 2032 April 25Ascending node (full moon) May 9Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 122 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2032 A total lunar eclipse on April 25. An annular solar eclipse on May 9. A total lunar eclipse on October 18. A partial solar eclipse on November 3.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 5, 2023 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2041
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043
Solar Saros 148 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2050
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2119
Solar eclipses of 2029–2032
Saros 148
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
See also List of solar eclipses in the 21st century
References
External links NASA graphics