A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 2, 2087, with a magnitude of 0.8011. 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.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern Russia, northern North America, and Northern Europe.
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 2, 2087 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2087 May 2 at 16:16:42.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2087 May 2 at 17:53:39.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2087 May 2 at 18:04:42.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2087 May 2 at 18:29:25.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2087 May 2 at 19:52:30.9 UTC
+May 2, 2087 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.80105 Eclipse Obscuration 0.76005 Gamma 1.11395 Sun Right Ascension 02h40m34.0s Sun Declination +15°36'24.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 02h39m33.9s Moon Declination +16°43'04.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.6" ΔT 111.7 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of May–June 2087 May 2Descending node (new moon) May 17Ascending node (full moon) June 1Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 120 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 132 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 158
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2087 A partial solar eclipse on May 2. A total lunar eclipse on May 17. A partial solar eclipse on June 1. A partial solar eclipse on October 26. A total lunar eclipse on November 10.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2083 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18, 2091
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 13, 2094
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 27, 2078 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2096
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2076 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Solar Saros 120 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 2105
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 13, 2116
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 3, 2174
Solar eclipses of 2087–2090
Saros 120
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 2054 and 2200August 3, 2054(Saros 117)July 3, 2065(Saros 118)June 1, 2076(Saros 119)May 2, 2087(Saros 120)April 1, 2098(Saros 121)March 1, 2109(Saros 122)January 30, 2120(Saros 123)December 30, 2130(Saros 124)November 28, 2141(Saros 125)October 28, 2152(Saros 126)September 28, 2163(Saros 127)August 27, 2174(Saros 128)July 26, 2185(Saros 129)June 26, 2196(Saros 130)
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2087May02P.GIF