Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049
Introduction An annular solar eclipse will occur on Monday, May 31, 2049.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.
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Related eclipses === Solar eclipses  2047–2050====== Saros 138 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 138, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 6, 1472.It contains annular eclipses from August 31, 1598 through February 18, 2482 with a hybrid eclipse on March 1, 2500.It has total eclipses from March 12, 2518 through April 3, 2554.The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on July 11, 2716.The longest duration of totality will be only 56 seconds on April 3, 2554.Series members 25–35 occur between 1901 and 2100:252627150pxMarch 6, 1905150pxMarch 17, 1923150pxMarch 27, 1941282930150pxApril 8, 1959150pxApril 18, 1977150pxApril 29, 1995313233150pxMay 10, 2013150pxMay 21, 2031150pxMay 31, 20493435150pxJune 11, 2067150pxJune 22, 2085=== Inex series ====== Metonic series===
References
External links * http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2049May31A.GIF