Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040

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A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, May 11, 2040,{{cite web|title=May 11, 2040 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2040-may-11|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=14 August 2024}} 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.

A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica.

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2040 May 11|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2040May11Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=14 August 2024}}

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|+May 11, 2040 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2040 May 11 at 01:56:45.3 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2040 May 11 at 02:48:21.3 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2040 May 11 at 03:29:05.2 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2040 May 11 at 03:43:02.1 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2040 May 11 at 05:29:45.8 UTC

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|+May 11, 2040 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.53064

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.41890

Gamma

| −1.25291

Sun Right Ascension

| 03h14m33.6s

Sun Declination

| +18°01'19.7"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'50.1"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 03h16m16.3s

Moon Declination

| +16°56'30.8"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'06.4"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'26.7"

ΔT

| 78.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

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|+ Eclipse season of May 2040

! May 11
Ascending node (new moon)
!! May 26
Descending node (full moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131