A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 20, 2069, with a magnitude of 0.0879. 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 the Antarctic Peninsula and extreme southern Chile and Argentina. This event will mark the beginning of Solar Saros 158.
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, 2069 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2069 May 20 at 17:14:39.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2069 May 20 at 17:35:14.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2069 May 20 at 17:53:17.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2069 May 20 at 18:07:59.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2069 May 20 at 18:32:06.9 UTC
+May 20, 2069 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.08791 Eclipse Obscuration 0.03123 Gamma −1.48519 Sun Right Ascension 03h52m35.6s Sun Declination +20°12'26.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h53m19.8s Moon Declination +18°43'03.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'32.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'43.6" ΔT 97.1 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 April–May 2069 April 21Descending node (new moon) May 6Ascending node (full moon) May 20Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 120 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 132 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 158
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2069 A partial solar eclipse on April 21. A total lunar eclipse on May 6. A partial solar eclipse on May 20. A partial solar eclipse on October 15. A total lunar eclipse on October 30.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2065
Tzolkinex Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2076
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2058
Solar Saros 158 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2087
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
Solar eclipses of 2065–2069
Saros 158 This eclipse is a part of Saros series 158, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series will start with a partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069. It contains total eclipses from August 5, 2195 through August 13, 2808; hybrid eclipses on August 24, 2826 and September 3, 2844; and annular eclipses from September 15, 2862 through February 27, 3133. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 16, 3313. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 10 at 4 minutes, 43 seconds on August 28, 2231, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 57 at 6 minutes, 7 seconds on January 25, 3079. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
Series members 1–8 occur between 2069 and 2200:123May 20, 2069June 1, 2087June 12, 2105456June 23, 2123July 3, 2141July 15, 215978July 25, 2177August 5, 2195<noinclude>
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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