Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
Partial from Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.4077
Magnitude	0.9431
Maximum eclipse
Duration	373 s (6 min 13 s)
Coordinates	41°30′N 84°06′W / 41.5°N 84.1°W / 41.5; -84.1
Max. width of band	230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	17:12:27
References
Saros	128 (57 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9495

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9431. 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. Occurring about 1.6 days after apogee (on May 9, 1994, at 3:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[2]

The path of annularity crossed four states of Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua), parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia and the southeastern tip of Quebec, the Azores Islands except Santa Maria Island, and part of Morocco including the capital city Rabat. The eclipse reached its moment of "greatest eclipse" in the United States near Wauseon, Ohio, about 35 miles west of Toledo, Ohio. Niagara Falls was also covered by the path of annularity. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Russia, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, and West Africa.

The Columbus Crew were originally named the "Columbus Eclipse" in their Major League Soccer bid in honor of the event.^[3]