Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on Wednesday, May 30, 1984.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. Annularity was visible in Mexico, the United States, Azores Islands, Morocco and Algeria. It was the first annular solar eclipse visible in the US in 33 years. The moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.7 days after apogee (Apogee on May 24, 1984, at 01:00 UTC) and 7.8 days before perigee (Perigee on June 7, 1984, at 11:15 UTC).
Related eclipses === Eclipses of 1984 ===* A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 15. * An annular solar eclipse on May 30. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 13. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 8. * A total solar eclipse on November 22.=== Solar eclipses of 1982–1985 ====== Saros 137 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 137, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 25, 1389.It contains total eclipses from August 20, 1533, through December 6, 1695, first set of hybrid eclipses from December 17, 1713, through February 11, 1804, first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822, through March 25, 1876, second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894, through April 28, 1930, and second set of annular eclipses from May 9, 1948, through April 13, 2507.The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 28, 2633.The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 55 seconds on September 10, 1569.Solar Saros 137 has 55 umbral eclipses from August 20, 1533, through April 13, 2507 (973.62 years).Series members 30–40 occur between 1901 and 2100:303132150pxApril 17, 1912150pxApril 28, 1930150pxMay 9, 1948333435150pxMay 20, 1966150pxMay 30, 1984150pxJune 10, 2002363738150pxJune 21, 2020150pxJuly 2, 2038150pxJuly 12, 20563940150pxJuly 24, 2074150pxAugust 3, 2092===Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxJuly 9, 1926(Saros 135)150pxJune 20, 1955(Saros 136)150pxMay 30, 1984(Saros 137)150pxMay 10, 2013(Saros 138)150pxApril 20, 2042(Saros 139)150pxMarch 31, 2071(Saros 140)150pxMarch 10, 2100(Saros 141)===Metonic series===
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