A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 20, 2050, with a magnitude of 1.0038. It is a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at the start and end as an annular eclipse. 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 hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth's surface. Totality occurs between the annularity paths across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5.2 days after perigee (on May 15, 2050, at 16:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This hybrid eclipse is notable in that the path of hybridity does not hit land anywhere on Earth. However, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of New Zealand, eastern Oceania, and western South America.
Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of May 20, 2050(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Nuku'alofa 07:48:55 08:13:09 08:38:36 0:50 1.87% Pangai 07:54:59 08:13:44 08:33:13 0:38 0.81% Neiafu 08:05:07 08:14:03 08:23:09 0:18 0.08% Alofi 07:50:22 08:17:36 08:46:23 0:56 2.29% Auckland 07:16:47 (sunrise) 07:19:42 08:07:45 0:51 26.09% Chatham Islands 07:45:32 (sunrise) 08:09:03 09:16:37 1:31 55.45% Rarotonga 08:36:02 09:29:30 10:28:57 1:53 15.95% Kingston 06:27:40 (sunrise) 06:30:18 06:36:11 0:09 0.82% Wellington 07:27:42 (sunrise) 07:30:52 08:16:38 0:49 34.56% Vaitape 08:46:51 09:44:07 10:47:34 2:01 14.62% Papeete 08:44:44 09:48:01 10:58:28 2:14 19.64% Christchurch 07:42:27 (sunrise) 07:50:56 08:18:34 0:36 21.45% Gambier Islands 09:50:39 11:20:08 12:55:08 3:04 52.10% Adamstown 10:57:45 12:32:16 14:09:03 3:11 61.65% Punta Arenas 17:25:17 17:45:24 17:49:37 (sunset) 0:24 17.22% Neuquén 17:50:50 18:21:31 18:24:31 (sunset) 0:34 29.14% Córdoba 18:08:17 18:23:04 18:25:44 (sunset) 0:17 8.99% Easter Island 13:49:13 15:24:23 16:48:37 2:59 69.11% Bariloche 17:44:05 18:28:46 18:31:53 (sunset) 0:48 49.44% San Miguel de Tucumán 18:17:08 18:32:24 18:38:41 (sunset) 0:22 7.95% Mendoza 18:01:02 18:32:24 18:41:21 (sunset) 0:40 26.13% Salta 18:21:42 18:40:38 18:43:08 (sunset) 0:21 9.48% Santiago 16:58:08 17:43:51 17:47:26 (sunset) 0:49 41.56% Sucre 17:38:05 17:49:55 17:52:18 (sunset) 0:14 3.06% Cochabamba 17:42:42 17:56:10 17:58:32 (sunset) 0:16 2.85% La Paz 17:43:02 18:05:21 18:07:50 (sunset) 0:25 4.40% Arequipa 16:37:46 17:12:30 17:21:37 (sunset) 0:44 7.14% Lima 16:44:43 17:13:19 17:40:18 0:56 3.13%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 20, 2050 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2050 May 20 at 18:22:31.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2050 May 20 at 19:48:47.9 UTC First Central Line 2050 May 20 at 19:49:02.9 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2050 May 20 at 19:49:18.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2050 May 20 at 20:31:51.3 UTC Greatest Duration 2050 May 20 at 20:40:50.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2050 May 20 at 20:42:50.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2050 May 20 at 20:52:15.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2050 May 20 at 21:36:27.6 UTC Last Central Line 2050 May 20 at 21:36:45.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2050 May 20 at 21:37:03.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2050 May 20 at 23:03:20.1 UTC
+May 20, 2050 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.00379 Eclipse Obscuration 1.00760 Gamma −0.86877 Sun Right Ascension 03h51m25.4s Sun Declination +20°09'01.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h51m49.6s Moon Declination +19°19'17.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'44.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'47.0" ΔT 84.3 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 May 2050 May 6Ascending node (full moon) May 20Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 122 Hybrid solar eclipseSolar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2050 A total lunar eclipse on May 6. A hybrid solar eclipse on May 20. A total lunar eclipse on October 30. A partial solar eclipse on November 14.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2041 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 27, 2059
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061
Solar Saros 148 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 1, 2079
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2137
Solar eclipses of 2047–2050
Saros 148
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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