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 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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.
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Related eclipses
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 |  June 21, 1982 Partial |
122 |  December 15, 1982 Partial |
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| 127 |  June 11, 1983 Total |
132 |  December 4, 1983 Annular |
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| 137 |  May 30, 1984 Annular |
142 |  November 22, 1984 Total |
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| 147 | May 19, 1985 Partial |
152 | 150px November 12, 1985 Total |
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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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
 July 31, 1924 |
 May 19, 1928 |
 March 7, 1932 |
 December 25, 1935 |
 October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
 August 1, 1943 |
 May 20, 1947 |
 March 7, 1951 |
 December 25, 1954 |
 October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
 July 31, 1962 |
150px May 20, 1966 |
 March 7, 1970 |
 December 24, 1973 |
 October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
 July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
 March 7, 1989 |
 December 24, 1992 |
 October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
 July 31, 2000 |
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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