A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, May 11, 2040, 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.
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Eclipses in 2040
- A partial solar eclipse on May 11, 2040.
- A total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2040.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 4, 2040.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 18, 2040.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2036
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2049
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Solar Saros 119
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 13, 2127
Solar eclipses of 2040–2043
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.[1]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2040 to 2043 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 119 | May 11, 2040 Partial |
124 | November 4, 2040 Annular | |
| 129 | April 30, 2041 Total |
134 | October 25, 2041 Annular | |
| 139 | April 20, 2042 Total |
144 | October 14, 2042 Annular | |
| 149 | April 9, 2043 Total (non-central) |
154 | October 3, 2043 Annular (non-central) | |
Saros 119
It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.
| Series members 54–70 occur between 1801 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 December 21, 1805 |
 January 1, 1824 |
 January 11, 1842 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
 January 23, 1860 |
 February 2, 1878 |
February 13, 1896 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 |
 February 25, 1914 |
 March 7, 1932 |
 March 18, 1950 |
| 63 | 64 | 65 |
 March 28, 1968 |
 April 9, 1986 |
 April 19, 2004 |
| 66 | 67 | 68 |
 April 30, 2022 |
May 11, 2040 |
 May 22, 2058 |
| 69 | 70 | |
 June 1, 2076 |
 June 13, 2094 | |
References
- ^ 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.
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