| Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1139 |
| Magnitude | 0.8011 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.3N 127.6E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:04:42 |
| References | |
| Saros | 120 (65 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9704 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on May 2, 2087.
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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.
| 120 | May 2, 2087 Partial |
125 | October 26, 2087 Partial |
| 130 | April 21, 2088 Total |
135 | October 14, 2088 Annular |
| 140 | April 10, 2089 Annular |
145 | October 4, 2089 Total |
| 150 | March 31, 2090 Partial |
155 | September 23, 2090 Total |
It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 16 seconds on August 12, 1654.[1]
Series members 55-65 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
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January 14, 1907 |
January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
February 15, 1961 |
February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
| 61 | 62 | 63 |
March 20, 2015 |
March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
| 64 | 65 | |
April 21, 2069 |
May 2, 2087 |
