| Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.1838 |
| Magnitude | 1.0701 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 5m 40s |
| Coordinates | 28.1N 93.7W |
| Max. width of band | 232 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:56:55 |
| References | |
| Saros | 139 (33 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9683 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on May 11, 2078. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| 119 | June 1, 2076 Partial |
124 | November 26, 2076 Partial |
| 129 | May 22, 2077 Total |
134 | November 15, 2077 Annular |
| 139 | May 11, 2078 Total |
144 | November 4, 2078 Annular |
| 149 | May 1, 2079 Total |
154 | October 24, 2079 Annular |
It is a part of saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses on August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763.
The solar eclipse of June 13, 2132 will be the longest total solar eclipse since July 11, 1991 at 6 minutes, 55 seconds.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 39 at 7 minutes, 29 seconds on July 16, 2186.[1] This is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000BC and 6000AD.[2]
Series members 24-39 occur between 1901 and 2200:
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
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February 3, 1916 |
February 14, 1934 |
February 25, 1952 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
March 7, 1970 |
March 18, 1988 |
March 29, 2006 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
April 8, 2024 |
April 20, 2042 |
April 30, 2060 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 |
May 11, 2078 |
May 22, 2096 |
June 3, 2114 |
| 36 | 37 | 38 |
June 13, 2132 |
June 25, 2150 |
July 5, 2168 |
| 39 | ||
July 16, 2186 |
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchonization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anamolistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:
September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
August 21, 1933 (Saros 134) |
July 31, 1962 (Saros 135) |
July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
June 21, 2020 (Saros 137) |
May 31, 2049 (Saros 138) |
May 11, 2078 (Saros 139) |
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchonization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anamolistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:
September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
August 21, 1933 (Saros 134) |
July 31, 1962 (Saros 135) |
July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
June 21, 2020 (Saros 137) |
May 31, 2049 (Saros 138) |
May 11, 2078 (Saros 139) |
