Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985

Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.072
Magnitude	0.8406
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	63°12′N 81°06′E / 63.2°N 81.1°E
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. May 19 is the 139th (140th in leap years) day of the year in Gregorian Calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year.

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses of 1985[]

A total lunar eclipse on May 4.
A partial solar eclipse on May 19.
A total lunar eclipse on October 28.
A total solar eclipse on November 12.

Solar eclipses of 1982–1985[]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.^[1]

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
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
117	1982 June 21 Partial	-1.21017	122	1982 December 15 Partial	1.12928
127	1983 June 11 Total	-0.49475	132	1983 December 4 Annular	0.40150
137	1984 May 30 Annular	0.27552	142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ	1984 November 22 Total	-0.31318
147	1985 May 19 Partial	1.07197	152	1985 November 12 Total	-0.97948

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000
December 24–25	October 12–13	July 31-Aug 1	May 18–20	March 7–8
91	93	95	97	99
December 23, 1878	October 12, 1882	July 31, 1886	May 18, 1890	March 7, 1894
101	103	105	107	109
December 23, 1897	October 12, 1901	August 1, 1905	May 19, 1909	March 8, 1913
111	113	115	117	119
December 24, 1916	October 12, 1920	July 31, 1924	May 19, 1928	March 7, 1932
121	123	125	127	129
December 25, 1935	October 12, 1939	August 1, 1943	May 20, 1947	March 7, 1951
131	133	135	137	139
December 25, 1954	October 12, 1958	July 31, 1962	May 20, 1966	March 7, 1970
141	143	145	147	149
December 24, 1973	October 12, 1977	July 31, 1981	May 19, 1985	March 7, 1989
151	153	155	157	159
December 24, 1992	October 12, 1996	July 31, 2000	May 19, 2004	March 7, 2008
161	163	165	167	169
December 24, 2011	October 13, 2015	August 1, 2019	May 19, 2023	March 8, 2027