Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 21, 1993,[1] with a magnitude of 0.7352. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, the United States, and Northern Europe.
Images
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.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1993 May 21 at 12:19:45.7 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1993 May 21 at 14:07:30.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1993 May 21 at 14:20:14.6 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1993 May 21 at 14:34:45.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1993 May 21 at 16:20:31.6 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.73519 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.65896 |
| Gamma | 1.13720 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 03h53m29.8s |
| Sun Declination | +20°15'44.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'48.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 03h52m59.3s |
| Moon Declination | +21°18'54.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'16.2" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'02.5" |
| ΔT | 59.4 s |
Eclipse season
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| May 21 Descending node (new moon) |
June 4 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE1993May21P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1993Jun04.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 118 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 130 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1993
- A partial solar eclipse on May 21.
- A total lunar eclipse on June 4.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 13.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 29.
Metonic
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 15, 1984
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
Solar Saros 118
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
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.[3]
| 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 118
Template:Solar Saros series 118
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 May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
| File:SE1993May21P.png May 21, 1993 |
File:SE1997Mar09T.png March 9, 1997 |
File:SE2000Dec25P.png December 25, 2000 |
File:SE2004Oct14P.png October 14, 2004 |
File:SE2008Aug01T.png August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
| File:SE2012May20A.png May 20, 2012 |
File:SE2016Mar09T.png March 9, 2016 |
File:SE2019Dec26A.png December 26, 2019 |
File:SE2023Oct14A.png October 14, 2023 |
File:SE2027Aug02T.png August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
| File:SE2031May21A.png May 21, 2031 |
File:SE2035Mar09A.png March 9, 2035 |
File:SE2038Dec26T.png December 26, 2038 |
File:SE2042Oct14A.png October 14, 2042 |
File:SE2046Aug02T.png August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
| File:SE2050May20H.png May 20, 2050 |
File:SE2054Mar09P.png March 9, 2054 |
File:SE2057Dec26T.png December 26, 2057 |
File:SE2061Oct13A.png October 13, 2061 |
File:SE2065Aug02P.png August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
| File:SE2069May20P.png May 20, 2069 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2004 April 19
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2022 April 30
References
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External links
- NASA graphics
- Photo of eclipse from Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia (in Russian). Metadata of photo
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