Solar eclipse of May 11, 2097
# Solar eclipse of May 11, 2097

A total solar eclipse will occur on May 11, 2097. 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.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses 2094–2098

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.

| 119 | June 13, 2094 Partial | 124 | December 7, 2094 Partial |
| - | - | - | - |
| 129 | June 2, 2095 Total | 134 | November 27, 2095 Annular |
| 139 | May 22, 2096 Total | 144 | November 15, 2096 Annular |
| 149 | May 11, 2097 Total | 154 | November 4, 2097 Annular |
| | | 164 | October 24, 2098 Partial |

### Saros 149

Solar saros 149, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It has total eclipses from April 9, 2043, to October 2, 2331. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. The longest total eclipse will be on July 17, 2205, at 4 minutes and 10 seconds.

Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100: :

| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| - | - | - |
| January 23, 1917 | February 3, 1935 | February 14, 1953 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| February 25, 1971 | March 7, 1989 | March 19, 2007 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| March 29, 2025 | April 9, 2043 | April 20, 2061 |
| 24 | 25 |
| May 1, 2079 | May 11, 2097 |
