| Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.072 |
| Magnitude | 0.8406 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 63.2N 81.1E |
| 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 partially 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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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours 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 | November 12, 1985 Total |
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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 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
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| 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 |
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 |
