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 68°48′N 162°18′E / 68.8°N 162.3°E / 68.8; 162.3
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.

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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
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118May 21, 1993

Partial
123November 13, 1993

Partial
128May 10, 1994

Annular
133November 3, 1994

Total
138April 29, 1995

Annular
143

Totality at Dundlod, India
October 24, 1995

Total
148April 17, 1996

Partial
153October 12, 1996

Partial

Metonic series

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