Nature Total Magnitude 1.029 Max. width of band 119 km (74 mi) Start date May 22, 2077 | Gamma -0.5725 Duration 174 sec (2 m 54 s) Greatest eclipse 2:46:05 | |
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A total solar eclipse will occur on May 22, 2077. 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 2076-2079
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 22, 2077 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA