Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031
| Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.197 |
| Magnitude | 0.9589 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 326 sec (5 m 26 s) |
| Coordinates | 8°54′N 71°42′E / 8.9°N 71.7°E |
| Max. width of band | 152 km (94 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:16:04 |
| References | |
| Saros | 138 (32 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9577 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on May 21, 2031. 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.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2029-2032
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | June 12, 2029 Partial |
123 | December 5, 2029 Partial | |
| 128 | June 1, 2030 Annular |
133 | November 25, 2030 Total | |
| 138 | May 21, 2031 Annular |
143 | November 14, 2031 Hybrid | |
| 148 | May 9, 2032 Annular |
153 | November 3, 2032 Partial | |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069.
| May 20-21 | March 9 | December 25-26 | October 13-14 | August 1-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 May 21, 1993 |
 March 9, 1997 |
 December 25, 2000 |
 October 14, 2004 |
 August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 May 20, 2012 |
 March 9, 2016 |
 December 26, 2019 |
 October 14, 2023 |
 August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 |
 March 9, 2035 |
 December 26, 2038 |
 October 14, 2042 |
 August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 May 20, 2050 |
 March 9, 2054 |
 December 26, 2057 |
 October 13, 2061 |
 August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
 May 20, 2069 |
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