Nature Total Magnitude 1.0242 Max. width of band 95 km (59 mi) Start date May 11, 2059 | Gamma -0.508 Duration 143 sec (2 m 23 s) Greatest eclipse 19:22:16 | |
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A total solar eclipse will occur on May 11, 2059. 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 2059-2061
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.
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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2059 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA