A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, May 21, 1993, with a magnitude of 0.7352. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, the United States, and Northern Europe.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of May 21, 1993(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Los Angeles 05:47:25 (sunrise) 05:51:26 06:22:31 0:35 8.31% San Francisco 05:55:05 (sunrise) 06:01:15 06:36:01 0:41 15.29% Seattle 05:25:53 06:11:07 06:58:53 1:34 29.08% Vancouver 05:27:36 06:13:58 07:02:56 1:35 31.65% Calgary 06:26:55 07:14:01 08:03:56 1:37 28.29% Edmonton 06:29:34 07:18:16 08:09:53 1:40 30.91% Anchorage 04:57:31 (sunrise) 05:44:00 06:37:02 1:40 55.86% Inuvik 06:54:44 07:49:15 08:45:51 1:51 53.41% Nuuk 11:20:14 12:09:32 12:59:57 1:40 11.96% Pituffik 10:14:59 11:13:47 12:13:43 1:59 36.41% Qaanaaq 11:15:59 12:14:56 13:14:57 1:59 37.80% Pevek 02:22:42 03:15:04 04:08:04 1:45 65.75% Anadyr 03:26:52 (sunrise) 03:35:46 03:58:50 0:32 27.69% Tiksi 23:46:01 00:38:47 01:31:10 1:45 62.75% Reykjavík 14:00:36 14:45:22 15:29:24 1:29 7.89% Longyearbyen 15:53:09 16:51:02 17:47:39 1:55 36.79% Khatanga 21:58:29 22:51:51 23:44:16 1:46 56.65% Astana 21:49:01 22:02:13 22:06:16 (sunset) 0:17 8.02% Belushya Guba 18:13:05 19:07:42 20:00:25 1:47 38.95% Rovaniemi 17:24:34 18:16:00 19:05:14 1:41 22.26% Oslo 16:42:34 17:22:26 18:00:38 1:18 7.25% Stockholm 16:46:17 17:27:18 18:06:30 1:20 8.94% Helsinki 17:43:49 18:28:02 19:10:10 1:26 12.82% Petropavl 21:43:20 22:28:37 22:33:55 (sunset) 0:51 28.50% Tallinn 17:46:17 18:29:22 19:10:26 1:24 11.72% Riga 17:55:17 18:33:53 19:10:44 1:15 8.14% Moscow 18:56:17 19:37:26 20:16:39 1:20 12.67% Minsk 18:06:17 18:40:13 19:12:41 1:06 5.80% Warsaw 17:17:39 17:41:40 18:04:54 0:47 1.78% Oral 20:02:38 20:41:42 21:19:05 1:16 13.89%References:
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 21, 1993 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1993 May 21 at 12:19:45.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1993 May 21 at 14:07:30.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1993 May 21 at 14:20:14.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1993 May 21 at 14:34:45.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1993 May 21 at 16:20:31.6 UTC
+May 21, 1993 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.73519 Eclipse Obscuration 0.65896 Gamma 1.13720 Sun Right Ascension 03h53m29.8s Sun Declination +20°15'44.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 03h52m59.3s Moon Declination +21°18'54.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'16.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'02.5" ΔT 59.4 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–June 1993 May 21Descending node (new moon) June 4Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 118 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 130
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1993 A partial solar eclipse on May 21. A total lunar eclipse on June 4. A partial solar eclipse on November 13. A total lunar eclipse on November 29.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 15, 1984 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
Solar Saros 118 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Solar eclipses of 1993–1996
Saros 118
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References
External links NASA graphics Photo of eclipse from Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia (in Russian). Metadata of photo