Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.072 |
Magnitude | 0.8406 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 63°12′N 81°06′E / 63.2°N 81.1°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:29:38 |
References | |
Saros | 147 (21 of 80) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9476 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 19–20, 1985. 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. It was visible near sunrise on May 20th over Japan and northeast Russia, and ending at sunset on May 19th over north Canada and Greenland.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1982-1985
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]
The partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1982 to 1985 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | June 21, 1982![]() Partial |
−1.2102 | 122 | December 15, 1982![]() Partial |
1.1293 | |
127 | June 11, 1983![]() Total |
−0.4947 | 132 | December 4, 1983![]() Annular |
0.4015 | |
137 | May 30, 1984![]() Annular |
0.2755 | 142 Partial in Gisborne, New Zealand |
November 22, 1984![]() Total |
−0.3132 | |
147 | May 19, 1985![]() Partial |
1.072 | 152 | November 12, 1985![]() Total |
−0.9795 |
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 December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
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December 24–25 | October 12 | July 31–August 1 | May 19–20 | March 7 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() December 24, 1916 |
![]() July 31, 1924 |
![]() May 19, 1928 |
![]() March 7, 1932 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() December 25, 1935 |
![]() October 12, 1939 |
![]() August 1, 1943 |
![]() May 20, 1947 |
![]() March 7, 1951 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() December 25, 1954 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
![]() July 31, 1962 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() March 7, 1970 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() December 24, 1973 |
![]() October 12, 1977 |
![]() July 31, 1981 |
![]() May 19, 1985 |
![]() March 7, 1989 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
![]() December 24, 1992 |
![]() October 12, 1996 |
![]() July 31, 2000 |
References
- ^ 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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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC