title: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032
text: # Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032
  
  An annular solar eclipse will occur on May 9, 2032. 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 2029–2032
  
  This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.
  
  Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 2029 and July 11, 2029 occur on the previous lunar year eclipse set.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 2029–2032 :
  
  | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 118 | June 12, 2029 Partial | 123 | December 5, 2029 Partial |
  | 128 | June 1, 2030 Annular | 133 | November 25, 2030 Total |
  | 138 | May 21, 2031 Annular | 143 | November 14, 2031 Hybrid |
  | 148 | May 9, 2032 Annular | 153 | November 3, 2032 Partial |
  
  ### Saros 148
  
  Solar saros 148, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It has annular eclipses on April 29, 2014, and May 9, 2032, and a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050. It has total eclipses from May 31, 2068, to August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. The longest total eclipse will be on April 26, 2609, at 5 minutes and 23 seconds.
  
  Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100: :
  
  | 15 | 16 | 17 |
  | - | - | - |
  | February 23, 1906 | March 5, 1924 | March 16, 1942 |
  | 18 | 19 | 20 |
  | March 27, 1960 | April 7, 1978 | April 17, 1996 |
  | 21 | 22 | 23 |
  | April 29, 2014 | May 9, 2032 | May 20, 2050 |
  | 24 | 25 |
  | May 31, 2068 | June 11, 2086 |
  
  ### Metonic cycle
  
  The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
  
  21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 :
  
  | July 21–22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
  | July 22, 1971 | May 11, 1975 | February 26, 1979 | December 15, 1982 | October 3, 1986 |
  | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
  | July 22, 1990 | May 10, 1994 | February 26, 1998 | December 14, 2001 | October 3, 2005 |
  | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
  | July 22, 2009 | May 10, 2013 | February 26, 2017 | December 14, 2020 | October 2, 2024 |
  | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
  | July 22, 2028 | May 9, 2032 | February 27, 2036 | December 15, 2039 | October 3, 2043 |
  | 156 |
  | July 22, 2047 |
  