Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
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An annular solar eclipse took place at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on May 9–10 (UTC), 2013,[1][2] with a magnitude of 0.9544. 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 eclipse of May 10, 2013 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2694 |
Magnitude | 0.9544 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 363 s (6 min 3 s) |
Coordinates | 2.2°N 175.5°E / 2.2; 175.5 |
Max. width of band | 173 km (107 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
(P1) Partial begin | 21:25:10 |
(U1) Total begin | 22:30:34 |
Greatest eclipse | 0:26:20 |
(U4) Total end | 2:19:58 |
(P4) Partial end | 3:25:23 |
References | |
Saros | 138 (31 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9537 |
It was the 31st eclipse of the 138th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on June 6, 1472 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on July 11, 2716.