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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2529
Magnitude0.5306
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62°48′S 174°24′E / 62.8°S 174.4°E / -62.8; 174.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:43:02
References
Saros119 (67 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9597

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, May 11, 2040,[1] with a magnitude of 0.5306. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse details

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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.[2]

May 11, 2040 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2040 May 11 at 01:56:45.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2040 May 11 at 02:48:21.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2040 May 11 at 03:29:05.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2040 May 11 at 03:43:02.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2040 May 11 at 05:29:45.8 UTC
May 11, 2040 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.53064
Eclipse Obscuration 0.41890
Gamma −1.25291
Sun Right Ascension 03h14m33.6s
Sun Declination +18°01'19.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 03h16m16.3s
Moon Declination +16°56'30.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'06.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'26.7"
ΔT 78.8 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

Eclipse season of May 2040
May 11
Ascending node (new moon)
May 26
Descending node (full moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131
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Eclipses in 2040

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 119

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2040–2043

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2040 to 2043
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119 May 11, 2040

Partial
−1.2529 124 November 4, 2040

Partial
1.0993
129 April 30, 2041

Total
−0.4492 134 October 25, 2041

Annular
0.4133
139 April 20, 2042

Total
0.2956 144 October 14, 2042

Annular
−0.303
149 April 9, 2043

Total (non-central)
1.0031 154 October 3, 2043

Annular (non-central)
1.0102

Saros 119

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012; a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030; and annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 10 at 32 seconds on August 20, 1012, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 44 at 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 23, 2036 and July 23, 2112
July 23–24 May 11 February 27–28 December 16–17 October 4–5
117 119 121 123 125

July 23, 2036

May 11, 2040

February 28, 2044

December 16, 2047

October 4, 2051
127 129 131 133 135

July 24, 2055

May 11, 2059

February 28, 2063

December 17, 2066

October 4, 2070
137 139 141 143 145

July 24, 2074

May 11, 2078

February 27, 2082

December 16, 2085

October 4, 2089
147 149 151 153 155

July 23, 2093

May 11, 2097

February 28, 2101

December 17, 2104

October 5, 2108
157

July 23, 2112

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 2018 and 2200

July 13, 2018
(Saros 117)

June 12, 2029
(Saros 118)

May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)

April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)

March 11, 2062
(Saros 121)

February 7, 2073
(Saros 122)

January 7, 2084
(Saros 123)

December 7, 2094
(Saros 124)

November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)

October 6, 2116
(Saros 126)

September 6, 2127
(Saros 127)

August 5, 2138
(Saros 128)

July 5, 2149
(Saros 129)

June 4, 2160
(Saros 130)

May 5, 2171
(Saros 131)

April 3, 2182
(Saros 132)

March 3, 2193
(Saros 133)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)

August 20, 1895
(Saros 114)

July 31, 1924
(Saros 115)

July 11, 1953
(Saros 116)

June 21, 1982
(Saros 117)

June 1, 2011
(Saros 118)

May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)

April 21, 2069
(Saros 120)

April 1, 2098
(Saros 121)

March 13, 2127
(Saros 122)

February 21, 2156
(Saros 123)

January 31, 2185
(Saros 124)

References

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  1. ^ "May 11, 2040 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2040 May 11". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 119". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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