title: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069
text: # Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069
  
  A partial solar eclipse will occur on May 20, 2069. 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.
  
  This event will mark the beginning of Solar Saros 158.
  
  This is the third eclipse this season.
  
  First eclipse this season: April 21, 2069 – Partial Solar Eclipse
  
  Second eclipse this season: May 5–6, 2069 – Total Lunar Eclipse
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 2065–2069
  
  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.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 2065–2069 :
  
  | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 118 | July 3, 2065 Partial | 123 | December 27, 2065 Partial |
  | 128 | June 22, 2066 Annular | 133 | December 17, 2066 Total |
  | 138 | June 11, 2067 Annular | 143 | December 6, 2067 Hybrid |
  | 148 | May 31, 2068 Total | 153 | November 24, 2068 Partial |
  | 158 | May 20, 2069 Partial |
  
  ### Metonic series
  
  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.
  
  Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065 :
  
  | May 20–21 | March 8–9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 98 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 106 |
  | May 21, 1955 | March 9, 1959 | December 26, 1962 | October 14, 1966 | August 2, 1970 |
  | 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
  | May 21, 1974 | March 9, 1978 | December 26, 1981 | October 14, 1985 | August 1, 1989 |
  | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
  | May 21, 1993 | March 9, 1997 | December 25, 2000 | October 14, 2004 | August 1, 2008 |
  | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
  | May 20, 2012 | March 9, 2016 | December 26, 2019 | October 14, 2023 | August 2, 2027 |
  | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
  | May 21, 2031 | March 9, 2035 | December 26, 2038 | October 14, 2042 | August 2, 2046 |
  | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
  | May 20, 2050 | March 9, 2054 | December 26, 2057 | October 13, 2061 | August 2, 2065 |
  | 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
  | May 20, 2069 | March 8, 2073 | December 26, 2076 | October 13, 2080 | August 1, 2084 |
  