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.[1]
The partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2069 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2069 to 2072 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | April 21, 2069 Partial |
1.0624 | 125 | October 15, 2069 Partial |
−1.2524 | |
| 130 | April 11, 2070 Total |
0.3652 | 135 | October 4, 2070 Annular |
−0.495 | |
| 140 | March 31, 2071 Annular |
−0.3739 | 145 | September 23, 2071 Total |
0.262 | |
| 150 | March 19, 2072 Partial |
−1.1405 | 155 | September 12, 2072 Total |
0.9655 | |
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.