An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 5, 2059, with a magnitude of 0.9417. 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. Occurring about 4.2 days after apogee (on November 1, 2059, at 4:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of France, northeastern Spain, Andorra, southern Italy, northeastern Libya, Egypt, northeastern Sudan, Eritrea, southwestern Yemen, far eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, the southern Maldives, and western Indonesia. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for much of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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.
+November 5, 2059 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2059 November 05 at 06:23:16.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2059 November 05 at 07:31:24.1 UTC First Central Line 2059 November 05 at 07:34:09.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2059 November 05 at 07:36:56.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2059 November 05 at 08:55:50.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2059 November 05 at 09:13:00.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2059 November 05 at 09:18:14.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2059 November 05 at 09:33:13.5 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2059 November 05 at 10:59:49.0 UTC Last Central Line 2059 November 05 at 11:02:33.1 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2059 November 05 at 11:05:16.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2059 November 05 at 12:13:17.0 UTC
+November 5, 2059 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.94166 Eclipse Obscuration 0.88673 Gamma 0.44543 Sun Right Ascension 14h42m02.6s Sun Declination -15°43'28.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h42m42.7s Moon Declination -15°21'02.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'58.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'58.7" ΔT 90.3 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 November 2059 November 5Descending node (new moon) November 19Ascending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 134 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 146
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2059 A total solar eclipse on May 11. A partial lunar eclipse on May 27. An annular solar eclipse on November 5. A partial lunar eclipse on November 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2063
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2052 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2050 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2068
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2070
Solar Saros 134 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 15, 2077
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2088
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1973 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 6, 2146
Solar eclipses of 2058–2061
Saros 134
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2059Nov05A.GIF