Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985

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 20 over Japan and northeast Russia, and ending at sunset on May 19 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.

Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.072
Magnitude0.8406
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates63.2°N 81.1°E / 63.2; 81.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:29:38
References
Saros147 (21 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9476

Eclipses of 1985

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
SarosMapGamma SarosMapGamma
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

References
  1. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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