Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 31, 2049, with a magnitude of 0.9631. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.1 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Peru, southern Ecuador, southern Colombia, northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, Guyana, northern Suriname, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, southwestern Mali, northern Guinea, southwestern Burkina Faso, northeastern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, extreme northern Gabon, northern Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and western Tanzania. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, the Southeastern United States, Africa, Southern Europe, and the Middle East.

Images

Animated path

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.
EventTime
First penumbral external contact2049 May 31 at 10:59:01.7 UTC
First umbral external contact2049 May 31 at 12:02:48.8 UTC
First central line2049 May 31 at 12:04:32.9 UTC
First umbral internal contact2049 May 31 at 12:06:17.1 UTC
First penumbral internal contact2049 May 31 at 13:10:53.8 UTC
Equatorial conjunction2049 May 31 at 13:59:23.1 UTC
Greatest eclipse2049 May 31 at 13:59:58.8 UTC
Ecliptic conjunction2049 May 31 at 14:01:22.0 UTC
Greatest duration2049 May 31 at 14:05:27.1 UTC
Last penumbral internal contact2049 May 31 at 14:49:03.8 UTC
Last umbral internal contact2049 May 31 at 15:53:39.3 UTC
Last central line2049 May 31 at 15:55:25.6 UTC
Last umbral external contact2049 May 31 at 15:57:12.0 UTC
Last penumbral external contact2049 May 31 at 17:01:01.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse magnitude0.96312
Eclipse obscuration0.92760
Gamma−0.11870
Sun right ascension04h35m51.4s
Sun declination+22°01'26.4"
Sun semi-diameter15'46.5"
Sun equatorial horizontal parallax08.7"
Moon right ascension04h35m52.6s
Moon declination+21°54'56.7"
Moon semi-diameter14'57.8"
Moon equatorial horizontal parallax0°54'55.1"
ΔT83.7 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.
May 17
Ascending node
May 31
Descending node
June 15
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 112		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 138		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 150

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2049

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 138

Inex

Triad