Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

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Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
Animation of the annular solar eclipse from May 10th, 1994
Animation of the annular solar eclipse from May 10th, 1994
classification
Type Ring-shaped
area Eastern Pacific , North America , Greenland , North Atlantic , Arctic Ocean , Western Europe , West Africa
Annular: Northern Mexico , USA , Southeast Canada , North Atlantic
Saros cycle 128 (57 of 73)
Gamma value +0.4076
Greatest eclipse
Duration 6 minutes 13.5 seconds
place Ohio
location 41 ° 32 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 32 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W
time Apr 10, 1994 5:11:28 PM   UT
size 0.9431

During the annular solar eclipse on May 10, 1994 , the 230.1 km wide central zone ran over North America and the North Atlantic. The duration of the ring-shaped phase was in the middle range with over 6 minutes. Her Saros successor was the solar eclipse on May 20, 2012 , the ring-shaped zone of which ran from southern China through southern Japan to the western United States.

The Saros 128 began on August 29, 984 with 24 partial eclipses in Antarctica . Then there are 4 total, followed by 4 hybrid and 32 total solar eclipses. After 9 more partial eclipses in the Arctic , Saros 128 will end on November 1, 2282.

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