Solar eclipse of May 22, 2096
A total solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, May 22, 2096. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. This will be the first eclipse of saros series 139 to exceed series 136 in length of totality. The length of totality for saros 139 is increasing, while that of Saros 136 is decreasing. The eclipse will begin when the Moon's shadow first reaches Earth in Indonesia, the Philippines and the Western Pacific Ocean, which are west of the International Date Line, in the morning hours of Tuesday, May 22, 2096 and will be seen east of the line in the afternoon hours of Monday, May 21, 2096. It will end as a partial eclipse over the United States West Coast. Overall, at 6 minutes and 7 seconds, this will be the third longest total