Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993

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Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.1372
Magnitude 0.7352
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 68°48′N162°18′E / 68.8°N 162.3°E / 68.8; 162.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:20:15
References
Saros 118 (67 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9493

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 21, 1993, 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.

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Images

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Eclipses in 1993

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 118

Inex

Triad

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. [1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118 May 21, 1993
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Partial
1.1372123 November 13, 1993
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Partial
−1.0411
128
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Partial in Bismarck, ND, USA
May 10, 1994
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Annular
0.4077133
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Totality in Bolivia
November 3, 1994
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Total
−0.3522
138 April 29, 1995
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Annular
−0.3382143
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Totality in Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995
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Total
0.3518
148 April 17, 1996
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Partial
−1.058153 October 12, 1996
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Partial
1.1227

Saros 118

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 AD. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 AD through October 25, 1650; hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668 and November 15, 1686; and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704 through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. 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 34 at 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 59 at 1 minutes, 58 seconds on February 23, 1849. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [2]

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 20–21March 9December 25–26October 13–14August 1–2
118120122124126
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May 21, 1993
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March 9, 1997
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December 25, 2000
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October 14, 2004
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August 1, 2008
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May 20, 2012
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March 9, 2016
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December 26, 2019
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October 14, 2023
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August 2, 2027
138140142144146
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May 21, 2031
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March 9, 2035
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December 26, 2038
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October 14, 2042
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August 2, 2046
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May 20, 2050
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March 9, 2054
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December 26, 2057
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October 13, 2061
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August 2, 2065
158
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May 20, 2069

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipses on March 27, 1884 (part of Saros 108) and December 24, 1916 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1971 and 2200
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July 22, 1971
(Saros 116)
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June 21, 1982
(Saros 117)
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May 21, 1993
(Saros 118)
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April 19, 2004
(Saros 119)
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March 20, 2015
(Saros 120)
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February 17, 2026
(Saros 121)
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January 16, 2037
(Saros 122)
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December 16, 2047
(Saros 123)
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November 16, 2058
(Saros 124)
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October 15, 2069
(Saros 125)
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September 13, 2080
(Saros 126)
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August 15, 2091
(Saros 127)
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July 15, 2102
(Saros 128)
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June 13, 2113
(Saros 129)
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May 14, 2124
(Saros 130)
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April 13, 2135
(Saros 131)
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March 12, 2146
(Saros 132)
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February 9, 2157
(Saros 133)
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January 10, 2168
(Saros 134)
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December 9, 2178
(Saros 135)
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November 8, 2189
(Saros 136)
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October 9, 2200
(Saros 137)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)
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August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)
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August 9, 1877
(Saros 114)
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July 21, 1906
(Saros 115)
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June 30, 1935
(Saros 116)
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June 10, 1964
(Saros 117)
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May 21, 1993
(Saros 118)
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April 30, 2022
(Saros 119)
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April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)
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March 21, 2080
(Saros 121)
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March 1, 2109
(Saros 122)
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February 9, 2138
(Saros 123)
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January 21, 2167
(Saros 124)
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December 31, 2195
(Saros 125)

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