Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003

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Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003
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Annular from Culloden, Scotland
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.996
Magnitude 0.9384
Maximum eclipse
Duration217 s (3 min 37 s)
Coordinates 66°36′N24°30′W / 66.6°N 24.5°W / 66.6; -24.5
Max. width of band- km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:09:22
References
Saros 147 (22 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9515

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, May 31, 2003, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9384. 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 2.6 days after apogee (on May 28, 2003, at 14:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. [2]

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Annularity was visible across central Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Jan Mayen and northern Scotland. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Eastern Europe, North Asia, West Asia, Middle East, Alaska, Greenland, and northwestern Canada.

People from around the world traveled to see the eclipse from the small portion of Britain from which it could be seen, with the Independent saying: "A timely gap in the clouds was all it took to make the arduous journey to the northernmost reaches of Scotland worthwhile". In the village of Durness, the eclipse was observed by Patrick Moore and Brian May. [3] [4] However, viewing parties in Orkney saw "just another grey morning in the far north of Scotland". [5] [6] In India, hundreds of thousands of Hindus carried out a tradition of bathing in sacred rivers during the eclipse, with queues as long as 3 mi (4.8 km). [6] A partial eclipse was observed in large parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, including Greece. [7]

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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. [8]

May 31, 2003 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2003 May 31 at 01:47:21.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2003 May 31 at 03:45:50.6 UTC
First Central Line2003 May 31 at 04:03:10.1 UTC
Greatest Duration2003 May 31 at 04:08:58.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2003 May 31 at 04:09:22.5 UTC
Last Central Line2003 May 31 at 04:15:15.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2003 May 31 at 04:20:57.2 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2003 May 31 at 04:32:33.6 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2003 May 31 at 04:39:20.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2003 May 31 at 06:31:08.5 UTC
May 31, 2003 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93842
Eclipse Obscuration0.88064
Gamma0.99597
Sun Right Ascension04h30m33.5s
Sun Declination+21°50'57.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'46.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension04h29m35.5s
Moon Declination+22°43'13.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'48.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'19.3"
ΔT64.5 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of May 2003
May 16
Descending node (full moon)
 May 31
Ascending node (new moon)
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Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 121		 Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 147

Eclipses in 2003

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 147

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2000–2003

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. [9]

The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000 to 2003
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 July 1, 2000
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Partial		−1.28214122
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Partial projection in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 25, 2000
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Partial		1.13669
127
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Totality in Lusaka, Zambia 		June 21, 2001
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Total		−0.57013132
Partial solar eclipse December 14 2001 Minneapolis.jpg
Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 14, 2001
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Annular		0.40885
137
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Partial in Los Angeles, CA, USA 		June 10, 2002
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Annular		0.19933142
Eclipse 4-12-2002 Woomera.jpg
Totality in Woomera, South Australia 		December 4, 2002
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Total		−0.30204
147
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Annularity in Culloden, Scotland 		May 31, 2003
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Annular		0.99598152
ECLIPSE LUNAR (3254112650).jpg 		November 23, 2003
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Total		−0.96381

Saros 147

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 147, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 12, 1624. It contains annular eclipses from May 31, 2003 through July 31, 2706. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 24, 3049. 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 annularity will be produced by member 38 at 9 minutes, 41 seconds on November 21, 2291. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [10]

Series members 11–32 occur between 1801 and 2200:
111213
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January 30, 1805		 SE1823Feb11P.gif
February 11, 1823		 SE1841Feb21P.gif
February 21, 1841
141516
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March 4, 1859		 SE1877Mar15P.gif
March 15, 1877		 SE1895Mar26P.gif
March 26, 1895
171819
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April 6, 1913 		SE1931Apr18P.png
April 18, 1931 		SE1949Apr28P.png
April 28, 1949
202122
SE1967May09P.png
May 9, 1967 		SE1985May19P.png
May 19, 1985 		SE2003May31A.png
May 31, 2003
232425
SE2021Jun10A.png
June 10, 2021 		SE2039Jun21A.png
June 21, 2039 		SE2057Jul01A.png
July 1, 2057
262728
SE2075Jul13A.png
July 13, 2075 		SE2093Jul23A.png
July 23, 2093 		SE2111Aug04A.png
August 4, 2111
293031
SE2129Aug15A.png
August 15, 2129		 Saros147 30van80 SE2147Aug26A.jpg
August 26, 2147		 Saros147 31van80 SE2165Sep05A.jpg
September 5, 2165
32
Saros147 32van80 SE2183Sep16A.jpg
September 16, 2183

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4–5October 23–24August 10–12May 30–31March 18–19
111113115117119
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January 5, 1935 		SE1942Aug12P.png
August 12, 1942 		SE1946May30P.png
May 30, 1946 		SE1950Mar18A.png
March 18, 1950
121123125127129
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January 5, 1954 		SE1957Oct23T.png
October 23, 1957 		SE1961Aug11A.png
August 11, 1961 		SE1965May30T.png
May 30, 1965 		SE1969Mar18A.png
March 18, 1969
131133135137139
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January 4, 1973 		SE1976Oct23T.png
October 23, 1976 		SE1980Aug10A.png
August 10, 1980 		SE1984May30A.png
May 30, 1984 		SE1988Mar18T.png
March 18, 1988
141143145147149
SE1992Jan04A.png
January 4, 1992 		SE1995Oct24T.png
October 24, 1995 		SE1999Aug11T.png
August 11, 1999 		SE2003May31A.png
May 31, 2003 		SE2007Mar19P.png
March 19, 2007
151153155
SE2011Jan04P.png
January 4, 2011 		SE2014Oct23P.png
October 23, 2014 		SE2018Aug11P.png
August 11, 2018

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 December 18, 2188 (part of Saros 164) and November 18, 2199 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2134
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December 10, 1806
(Saros 129)		 SE1817Nov09T.gif
November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)		 SE1828Oct09A.gif
October 9, 1828
(Saros 131)		 SE1839Sep07A.png
September 7, 1839
(Saros 132)		 SE1850Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1850
(Saros 133)
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July 8, 1861
(Saros 134)		 SE1872Jun06A.gif
June 6, 1872
(Saros 135)		 SE1883May06T.png
May 6, 1883
(Saros 136)		 SE1894Apr06H.gif
April 6, 1894
(Saros 137)		 SE1905Mar06A.png
March 6, 1905
(Saros 138)
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February 3, 1916
(Saros 139)		 SE1927Jan03A.png
January 3, 1927
(Saros 140)		 SE1937Dec02A.png
December 2, 1937
(Saros 141)		 SE1948Nov01T.png
November 1, 1948
(Saros 142)		 SE1959Oct02T.png
October 2, 1959
(Saros 143)
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August 31, 1970
(Saros 144)		 SE1981Jul31T.png
July 31, 1981
(Saros 145)		 SE1992Jun30T.png
June 30, 1992
(Saros 146)		 SE2003May31A.png
May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)		 SE2014Apr29A.png
April 29, 2014
(Saros 148)
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March 29, 2025
(Saros 149)		 SE2036Feb27P.png
February 27, 2036
(Saros 150)		 SE2047Jan26P.png
January 26, 2047
(Saros 151)		 SE2057Dec26T.png
December 26, 2057
(Saros 152)		 SE2068Nov24P.png
November 24, 2068
(Saros 153)
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October 24, 2079
(Saros 154)		 SE2090Sep23T.png
September 23, 2090
(Saros 155)		 Saros156 06van69 SE2101Aug24P.jpg
August 24, 2101
(Saros 156)		 Saros157 04van70 SE2112Jul23P.jpg
July 23, 2112
(Saros 157)		 Saros158 04van70 SE2123Jun23P.jpg
June 23, 2123
(Saros 158)
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May 23, 2134
(Saros 159)

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 28, 1829
(Saros 141)		 SE1858Sep07T.png
September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)		 SE1887Aug19T.png
August 19, 1887
(Saros 143)
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July 30, 1916
(Saros 144)		 SE1945Jul09T.png
July 9, 1945
(Saros 145)		 SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)
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May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)		 SE2032May09A.png
May 9, 2032
(Saros 148)		 SE2061Apr20T.png
April 20, 2061
(Saros 149)
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March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)		 Saros151 20van72 SE2119Mar11A.jpg
March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)		 Saros152 20van70 SE2148Feb19T.jpg
February 19, 2148
(Saros 152)
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January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "May 31, 2003 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Circle of light that set the cash tills ringing". The Independent. London, Greater London, England. 2003-06-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2023-10-15– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Moon is a star for one day". The Observer. London, Greater London, England. 2003-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-15– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Great party, shame about the eclipse". The Observer. London, Greater London, England. 2003-06-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-15– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Eclipse draws watchers in north nations". Florida Today. 2003-06-01. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-10-25– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Eclipse is partly sunny". Omaha World-Herald. 2003-06-01. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-10-25– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2003 May 31". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 147". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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