Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, May 9, 2032, with a magnitude of 0.9957. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 5.7 days after perigee and 7.4 days before apogee.
Since most of the path of this eclipse is narrow and passes over the South Atlantic Ocean, no land areas will witness annularity. However, a partial eclipse will be visible for parts of southern South America and Southern Africa.

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 Contact2032 May 09 at 11:11:06.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2032 May 09 at 12:48:26.6 UTC
First Central Line2032 May 09 at 12:49:18.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2032 May 09 at 12:49:18.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2032 May 09 at 12:50:10.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2032 May 09 at 13:08:19.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2032 May 09 at 13:26:42.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2032 May 09 at 13:36:54.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2032 May 09 at 14:03:24.2 UTC
Last Central Line2032 May 09 at 14:04:19.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2032 May 09 at 14:05:14.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2032 May 09 at 15:42:32.2 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.99570
Eclipse Obscuration0.99143
Gamma−0.93748
Sun Right Ascension03h08m06.7s
Sun Declination+17°35'43.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension03h08m46.1s
Moon Declination+16°42'42.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'41.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'35.4"
ΔT74.9 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.
April 25
Ascending node
May 9
Descending node
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 122		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 148

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Tritos

Solar Saros 148

Inex

Triad