title: Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
text: # Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
  
  A partial solar eclipse will occur on Friday 2 May 2087. 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.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 2087–2090
  
  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.
  
  | 120 | May 2, 2087 Partial | 125 | October 26, 2087 Partial |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 130 | April 21, 2088 Total | 135 | October 14, 2088 Annular |
  | 140 | April 10, 2089 Annular | 145 | October 4, 2089 Total |
  | 150 | March 31, 2090 Partial | 155 | September 23, 2090 Total |
  
  ### Saros 120
  
  This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
  
  Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100 :
  
  | 55 | 56 | 57 |
  | - | - | - |
  | January 14, 1907 | January 24, 1925 | February 4, 1943 |
  | 58 | 59 | 60 |
  | February 15, 1961 | February 26, 1979 | March 9, 1997 |
  | 61 | 62 | 63 |
  | March 20, 2015 | March 30, 2033 | April 11, 2051 |
  | 64 | 65 |
  | April 21, 2069 | May 2, 2087 |
  