Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068

Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.797
Magnitude 1.011
Maximum eclipse
Duration 66 sec (1 m 6 s)
Coordinates 31°00′S 123°12′E / 31°S 123.2°E / -31; 123.2
Max. width of band 63 km (39 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 3:56:39
References
Saros 148 (24 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9660

A total solar eclipse will occur on May 31, 2068. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses 2065-2069

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.

118July 3, 2065

Partial
123December 27, 2065

Partial
128June 22, 2066

Annular
133December 17, 2066

Total
138June 11, 2067

Annular
143December 6, 2067

Hybrid
148May 31, 2068

Total
153November 24, 2068

Partial
158May 20, 2069

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).

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