Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984

Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.2755
Magnitude 0.998
Maximum eclipse
Duration 11 sec (0 m 11 s)
Coordinates 37°30′N 76°42′W / 37.5°N 76.7°W / 37.5; -76.7
Max. width of band 7 km (4.3 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 16:45:41
References
Saros 137 (34 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9474

An annular solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1984. 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.

Solar eclipses of 1982-1985

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.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1982-1985
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
117
June 21, 1982
Partial
122
December 15, 1982
Partial
127
June 11, 1983
Total
132
December 4, 1983
Annular
137
May 30, 1984
Annular
142

Partial from Gisborne, NZ

November 22, 1984
Total
147
May 19, 1985
Partial
152
November 12, 1985
Total

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).

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