Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9431. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.6 days after apogee (on May 9, 1994, at 3:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]
The path of annularity crossed four states of Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua), parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia and the southeastern tip of Quebec, the Azores Islands except Santa Maria Island, and part of Morocco including the capital city Rabat. The eclipse reached its moment of "greatest eclipse" in the United States near Wauseon, Ohio, about 35 miles west of Toledo, Ohio. Niagara Falls was also covered by the path of annularity. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Russia, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, and West Africa.
The Columbus Crew were originally named the "Columbus Eclipse" in their Major League Soccer bid in honor of the event.[3]
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Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1994 May 10 at 14:13:11.3 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1994 May 10 at 15:21:36.4 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1994 May 10 at 15:24:17.3 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1994 May 10 at 15:26:58.9 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 1994 May 10 at 16:55:59.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1994 May 10 at 17:07:34.4 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1994 May 10 at 17:12:26.5 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1994 May 10 at 17:17:41.1 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1994 May 10 at 17:20:50.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 1994 May 10 at 17:28:40.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1994 May 10 at 18:57:48.7 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1994 May 10 at 19:00:29.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1994 May 10 at 19:03:09.5 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1994 May 10 at 20:11:35.7 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.94315 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.88953 |
| Gamma | 0.40771 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 03h09m27.2s |
| Sun Declination | +17°41'21.5" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'50.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 03h09m11.3s |
| Moon Declination | +18°03'01.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'44.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'04.4" |
| ΔT | 60.3 s |
Eclipse season
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| May 10 Descending node (new moon) |
May 25 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE1994May10A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1994May25.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 128 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 140 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1994
- An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
- A partial lunar eclipse on May 25.
- A total solar eclipse on November 3.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
Solar Saros 128
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1907
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Solar eclipses of 1993–1996
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.[5]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 118 | May 21, 1993 File:SE1993May21P.png Partial |
1.1372 | 123 | November 13, 1993 File:SE1993Nov13P.png Partial |
−1.0411 | |
| 128 File:Solar Eclipse 1994 (7160293094).jpg Partial in Bismarck, ND, USA |
May 10, 1994 File:SE1994May10A.png Annular |
0.4077 | 133 File:Diamond Ring, Total Solar Eclipse, Bolivia, 1994 (3183977692).jpg Totality in Bolivia |
November 3, 1994 File:SE1994Nov03T.png Total |
−0.3522 | |
| 138 | April 29, 1995 File:SE1995Apr29A.png Annular |
−0.3382 | 143 File:Hao WLCC 941103.jpg Totality in Dundlod, India |
October 24, 1995 File:SE1995Oct24T.png Total |
0.3518 | |
| 148 | April 17, 1996 File:SE1996Apr17P.png Partial |
−1.058 | 153 | October 12, 1996 File:SE1996Oct12P.png Partial |
1.1227 | |
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Saros 128
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 128, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 16, 1417 through June 18, 1471; hybrid eclipses from June 28, 1489 through July 31, 1543; and annular eclipses from August 11, 1561 through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 27 at 1 minutes, 45 seconds on June 7, 1453, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 48 at 8 minutes, 35 seconds on February 1, 1832. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]
| Series members 47–68 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
| File:SE1814Jan21A.gif January 21, 1814 |
File:SE1832Feb01A.gif February 1, 1832 |
File:SE1850Feb12A.gif February 12, 1850 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
| File:SE1868Feb23A.gif February 23, 1868 |
File:SE1886Mar05A.gif March 5, 1886 |
File:SE1904Mar17A.png March 17, 1904 |
| 53 | 54 | 55 |
| File:SE1922Mar28A.png March 28, 1922 |
File:SE1940Apr07A.png April 7, 1940 |
File:SE1958Apr19A.png April 19, 1958 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 |
| File:SE1976Apr29A.png April 29, 1976 |
File:SE1994May10A.png May 10, 1994 |
File:SE2012May20A.png May 20, 2012 |
| 59 | 60 | 61 |
| File:SE2030Jun01A.png June 1, 2030 |
File:SE2048Jun11A.png June 11, 2048 |
File:SE2066Jun22A.png June 22, 2066 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 |
| File:SE2084Jul03A.png July 3, 2084 |
File:SE2102Jul15A.png July 15, 2102 |
File:SE2120Jul25A.png July 25, 2120 |
| 65 | 66 | 67 |
| File:Saros128 65van73 SE2138Aug05P.jpg August 5, 2138 |
File:Saros128 66van73 SE2156Aug16P.jpg August 16, 2156 |
File:Saros128 67van73 SE2174Aug27P.jpg August 27, 2174 |
| 68 | ||
| File:Saros128 68van73 SE2192Sep06P.jpg September 6, 2192 | ||
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.
| 21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
| File:SE1971Jul22P.png July 22, 1971 |
File:SE1975May11P.png May 11, 1975 |
File:SE1979Feb26T.png February 26, 1979 |
File:SE1982Dec15P.png December 15, 1982 |
File:SE1986Oct03H.png October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
| File:SE1990Jul22T.png July 22, 1990 |
File:SE1994May10A.png May 10, 1994 |
File:SE1998Feb26T.png February 26, 1998 |
File:SE2001Dec14A.png December 14, 2001 |
File:SE2005Oct03A.png October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
| File:SE2009Jul22T.png July 22, 2009 |
File:SE2013May10A.png May 10, 2013 |
File:SE2017Feb26A.png February 26, 2017 |
File:SE2020Dec14T.png December 14, 2020 |
File:SE2024Oct02A.png October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| File:SE2028Jul22T.png July 22, 2028 |
File:SE2032May09A.png May 9, 2032 |
File:SE2036Feb27P.png February 27, 2036 |
File:SE2039Dec15T.png December 15, 2039 |
File:SE2043Oct03A.png October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
| File:SE2047Jul22P.png July 22, 2047 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2005 April 8
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2023 April 20
References
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External links
- Example of total versus annular eclipse
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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