Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993

The partial solar eclipse of May 21, 1993, by the entire Arctic Ocean, observed throughout Greenland and large parts of North America and northern Eurasia from. From Germany was only the north-eastern part, north of the line Emden and Görlitz, in the visibility area. The highest coverage was achieved here on the island of Rügen; were seen from there in the late afternoon about 18 thousandths of the solar disk covered from the moon. Greater was the degree of coverage in Scandinavia in the Swedish capital Stockholm, 10 percent, even a quarter of the sun covered by the moon in Lapland.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 118 expiring, which will include a total of 72 eclipses. Saros 118 began on 24 May 803 with 8 partial solar eclipses in Antarctica. This was followed by 40 total, 2 hybrid, 15 annular eclipses. The final form 7 partial eclipses in the Arctic, the first of which took place on 11 May 1975. At a distance of 18 years and about 11 1/3 days, the remaining 5 follow that the final darkness cycle on 15 July 2083rd