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. Occurring about 1.6 days after apogee (on May 9, 1994, at 3:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
The path of annularity crossed four states of Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua), parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia and the southeastern tip of Quebec, the Azores Islands except Santa Maria Island, and part of Morocco including the capital city Rabat. The eclipse reached its moment of "greatest eclipse" in the United States near Wauseon, Ohio, about 35 miles west of Toledo, Ohio. Niagara Falls was also covered by the path of annularity. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Russia, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, and West Africa.
The Columbus Crew were originally named the "Columbus Eclipse" in their Major League Soccer bid in honor of the event.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Hermosillo 07:36:45 08:55:54 08:58:33 09:01:11 10:36:12 5:17 2:59 88.42% Ciudad Juárez 08:43:51 10:06:53 10:09:42 10:12:30 11:51:35 5:37 3:08 88.62% El Paso 08:43:53 10:06:54 10:09:44 10:12:32 11:51:36 5:38 3:08 88.62% Amarillo 09:53:58 11:21:38 11:23:56 11:26:13 13:08:48 4:35 3:15 88.80% Oklahoma City 09:58:42 11:30:47 11:32:26 11:34:05 13:20:30 3:18 3:22 88.93% Wichita 10:03:18 11:35:25 11:36:51 11:38:16 13:23:26 2:51 3:20 88.93% Jefferson City 10:11:20 11:46:02 11:49:01 11:52:01 13:37:33 5:59 3:26 89.03% Columbia 10:11:51 11:46:16 11:49:16 11:52:17 13:37:24 6:01 3:26 89.03% St. Louis 10:14:13 11:51:43 11:53:29 11:55:15 13:42:38 3:32 3:28 89.07% Toledo 11:30:40 13:09:51 13:12:56 13:16:03 14:59:29 6:12 3:29 89.09% Detroit 11:32:38 13:11:57 13:14:40 13:17:25 15:00:27 5:28 3:28 89.08% Windsor 11:32:37 13:11:54 13:14:42 13:17:29 15:00:30 5:35 3:28 89.08% Cleveland 11:33:38 13:14:38 13:17:05 13:19:32 15:03:33 4:54 3:30 89.10% London 11:36:58 13:17:05 13:19:25 13:21:45 15:04:10 4:40 3:27 89.07% Hamilton 11:39:56 13:20:22 13:22:48 13:25:13 15:06:56 4:51 3:27 89.07% Mississauga 11:40:54 13:22:05 13:23:32 13:25:00 15:07:15 2:55 3:26 89.06% Toronto 11:41:29 13:22:45 13:24:10 13:25:36 15:07:45 2:51 3:26 89.06% Buffalo 11:41:12 13:21:45 13:24:50 13:27:55 15:09:06 6:10 3:28 89.08% Rochester 11:44:04 13:24:52 13:27:56 13:31:01 15:11:30 6:09 3:27 89.07% Albany 11:51:19 13:36:13 13:36:46 13:37:19 15:19:06 1:06 3:28 89.05% Montpelier 11:55:49 13:37:01 13:39:48 13:42:36 15:20:02 5:35 3:24 89.00% Concord 11:56:48 13:39:53 13:42:01 13:44:10 15:22:38 4:17 3:26 89.01% Augusta 12:01:50 13:42:58 13:45:57 13:48:57 15:24:35 5:59 3:23 88.97% Saint John 13:10:49 14:52:00 14:53:35 14:55:10 16:29:07 3:10 3:18 88.89% Halifax 13:15:51 14:55:53 14:58:49 15:01:44 16:33:10 5:51 3:17 88.85% Ponta Delgada 17:33:12 18:51:46 18:52:58 18:54:10 20:02:22 2:24 2:29 87.54% Fez 17:51:07 18:57:35 18:58:00 18:58:24 19:10:29 (sunset) 0:49 1:19 86.69% Rabat 17:50:38 18:56:36 18:58:27 19:00:20 19:17:49 (sunset) 3:44 1:27 86.75% Casablanca 17:50:53 18:56:47 18:59:04 19:01:21 19:20:06 (sunset) 4:34 1:29 86.77% El Jadida 17:51:00 18:57:24 18:59:35 19:01:47 19:22:59 (sunset) 4:23 1:32 86.80%References:
Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of May 10, 1994(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Mexico City 08:33:56 09:58:09 11:40:40 3:07 47.99% Tijuana 07:41:15 08:58:29 10:29:09 2:48 77.36% Los Angeles 07:44:04 09:00:13 10:29:04 2:45 72.14% Mexicali 07:41:46 09:00:16 10:32:35 2:51 79.19% Chihuahua 08:38:44 10:04:17 11:46:51 3:08 84.05% Havana 11:11:55 12:50:12 14:39:23 3:27 34.60% Washington, D.C. 11:39:18 13:26:46 15:13:56 3:35 79.88% New York City 11:48:24 13:35:31 15:19:38 3:31 84.00% Montreal 11:55:26 13:37:51 15:17:16 3:22 87.44% Hamilton 13:10:17 15:00:08 16:37:52 3:28 52.45% Saint-Pierre 14:32:44 16:10:32 17:38:31 3:06 85.36% Rome 19:45:23 20:14:44 20:17:52 (sunset) 0:32 28.46% Berlin 19:37:53 20:30:33 20:47:35 (sunset) 1:10 32.27% Douglas 18:31:54 19:32:38 20:29:07 1:57 39.85% Amsterdam 19:36:40 20:33:33 21:20:59 (sunset) 1:44 37.57% Dublin 18:31:45 19:33:56 20:31:34 2:00 42.51% Frankfurt 19:39:09 20:35:18 20:57:21 (sunset) 1:18 39.40% Brussels 19:37:46 20:35:43 21:17:21 (sunset) 1:40 40.78% London 18:35:55 19:35:51 20:31:34 1:56 42.36% Luxembourg 19:39:08 20:36:47 21:05:50 (sunset) 1:27 42.02% Zurich 19:41:15 20:38:41 20:48:52 (sunset) 1:08 44.85% Paris 19:38:56 20:38:51 21:18:25 (sunset) 1:39 46.08% Monaco 19:43:59 20:39:39 20:42:53 (sunset) 0:59 52.82% Algiers 18:49:34 19:39:51 19:43:49 (sunset) 0:54 62.33% Andorra la Vella 19:44:15 20:46:53 21:03:17 (sunset) 1:19 60.84% Madrid 19:44:54 20:50:45 21:19:03 (sunset) 1:34 70.28% Lisbon 19:44:35 20:53:41 21:36:57 (sunset) 1:52 79.23% Gibraltar 19:48:46 20:55:54 21:16:10 (sunset) 1:27 82.64% Marrakesh 17:53:03 19:01:05 19:17:51 (sunset) 1:25 86.12% Laayoune 17:57:07 19:06:07 19:30:49 (sunset) 1:34 69.05%References:
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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.
+May 10, 1994 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1994 May 10 at 14:13:11.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1994 May 10 at 15:21:36.4 UTC First Central Line 1994 May 10 at 15:24:17.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1994 May 10 at 15:26:58.9 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1994 May 10 at 16:55:59.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1994 May 10 at 17:07:34.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1994 May 10 at 17:12:26.5 UTC Greatest Duration 1994 May 10 at 17:17:41.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1994 May 10 at 17:20:50.9 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1994 May 10 at 17:28:40.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1994 May 10 at 18:57:48.7 UTC Last Central Line 1994 May 10 at 19:00:29.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1994 May 10 at 19:03:09.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1994 May 10 at 20:11:35.7 UTC
+May 10, 1994 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.94315 Eclipse Obscuration 0.88953 Gamma 0.40771 Sun Right Ascension 03h09m27.2s Sun Declination +17°41'21.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h09m11.3s Moon Declination +18°03'01.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'44.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'04.4" ΔT 60.3 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 1994 May 10Descending node (new moon) May 25Ascending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 128 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 140
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1994 An annular solar eclipse on May 10. A partial lunar eclipse on May 25. A total solar eclipse on November 3. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
Solar Saros 128 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1907 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081
Solar eclipses of 1993–1996
Saros 128
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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External links Example of total versus annular eclipse