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20th-century annular solar eclipse
Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
Partial from Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.4077
Magnitude0.9431
Maximum eclipse
Duration373 s (6 min 13 s)
Coordinates41°30′N 84°06′W / 41.5°N 84.1°W / 41.5; -84.1
Max. width of band230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:12:27
References
Saros128 (57 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9495

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the: Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994, with a magnitude of 0.9431. 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. The eclipse was visible over a wide swath of North America, from Baja California across the Midwest of the United States up through Ontario. And Nova Scotia in Canada. Occurring only 1.6 days after apogee (on Monday, May 9, 1994, at 02:18 UTC/Sunday, May 8, 1994, at 22:18 EDT or 19:18 PDT), the moon's apparent diameter was smaller than the sun. This solar eclipse belonged——to Saros series 128.

The path of annularity crossed four states of Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua), the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia and the southeastern tip of Quebec, Azores Islands except Santa Maria Island, and part of Morocco including the capital city Rabat. Niagara Falls was also covered by, the path of annularity.

The eclipse reached its moment of "greatest eclipse" in the United States near Wauseon, Ohio, about 35 miles west of Toledo, Ohio.

The Columbus Crew were originally named the "Columbus Eclipse" in their Major League Soccer bid in honor of the event.

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Related eclipses※

Eclipses in 1994※

Metonic※

Tzolkinex※

Half-Saros※

Tritos※

Solar Saros 128※

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1993 to 1996
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 1993 May 21

Partial		 1.13720 123 1993 November 13

Partial		 −1.04114
128

Partial from Bismarck, ND		 1994 May 10

Annular		 0.40771 133

Totality at Bolivia		 1994 November 3

Total		 −0.35216
138 1995 April 29

Annular		 −0.33821 143

Totality at Dundlod, India		 1995 October 24

Total		 0.35176
148 1996 April 17

Partial		 −1.05796 153 1996 October 12

Partial		 1.12265

Saros 128※

This eclipse is a member of the Solar Saros cycle 128, which includes 73 eclipses occurring in intervals of 18 years and "11 days." The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. From May 16, 1417, through June 18, 1471, the series produced total solar eclipses, followed by hybrid solar eclipses from June 28, 1489, through July 31, 1543, and annular solar eclipses from August 11, 1561, through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.

Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200
52 53 54

March 17, 1904
March 28, 1922
April 7, 1940
55 56 57

April 19, 1958
April 29, 1976
May 10, 1994
58 59 60

May 20, 2012
June 1, 2030
June 11, 2048
61 62 63

June 22, 2066
July 3, 2084
July 15, 2102
64 65 66

July 25, 2120 		August 5, 2138 (Partial) August 16, 2156 (Partial)
67 68
August 27, 2174 (Partial) September 6, 2192 (Partial)

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.

Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:

July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)
June 19, 1936
(Saros 126)
May 30, 1965
(Saros 127)

May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)
April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)
March 30, 2052
(Saros 130)

March 10, 2081
(Saros 131)

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 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124

July 22, 1971
May 11, 1975
February 26, 1979
December 15, 1982
October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134

July 22, 1990
May 10, 1994
February 26, 1998
December 14, 2001
October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144

July 22, 2009
May 10, 2013
February 26, 2017
December 14, 2020
October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154

July 22, 2028
May 9, 2032
February 27, 2036
December 15, 2039
October 3, 2043
156

July 22, 2047

References※

  1. ^ Boese, Chandler (May 10, 2021). "Why is Columbus' MLS soccer team called the Crew?". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.

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