Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993

Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1372
Magnitude	0.7352
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:20:15
References
Saros	118 (67 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9493

A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 21, 1993. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1993-1996

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993–1996

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
118	May 21, 1993 Partial		123	November 13, 1993 Partial
128	May 10, 1994 Annular		133	November 3, 1994 Total
138	April 29, 1995 Annular		143 150px Totality at Dundlod, India	October 24, 1995 Total
148	April 17, 1996 Partial		153	October 12, 1996 Partial

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).

Octon eclipses between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065

This octon series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065.

May 20-21	March 9	December 25-26	October 13-14	August 1-2
118	120	122	124	126
May 21, 1993	March 9, 1997	December 25, 2000	October 14, 2004	August 1, 2008
128	130	132	134	136
May 20, 2012	March 9, 2016	December 26, 2019	October 14, 2023	August 2, 2027
138	140	142	144	146
May 21, 2031	March 9, 2035	December 26, 2038	October 14, 2042	150px August 2, 2046
148	150	152	154	156
May 20, 2050	March 9, 2054	December 26, 2057	October 13, 2061	August 2, 2065
158
May 20, 2069

External links

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