Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049

Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.1187
Magnitude	0.9631
Maximum eclipse
Duration	285 s (4 min 45 s)
Coordinates	15°18′N 29°54′W / 15.3°N 29.9°W / 15.3; -29.9
Max. width of band	134 km (83 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:59:59
References
Saros	138 (33 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9617

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 31, 2049,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9631. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.1 days before apogee (on June 4, 2049, at 15:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.^[2]

The path of annularity will be visible from parts of Peru, southern Ecuador, southern Colombia, northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, Guyana, northern Suriname, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, southwestern Mali, northern Guinea, southwestern Burkina Faso, northeastern Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, extreme northern Gabon, northern Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and western Tanzania. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central America, the Caribbean, northern and central South America, the Southeastern United States, Africa, Southern Europe, and the Middle East.