Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984

Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.2755
Magnitude	0.998
Maximum eclipse
Duration	11 s (0 min 11 s)
Coordinates	37°30′N 76°42′W / 37.5°N 76.7°W / 37.5; -76.7
Max. width of band	7 km (4.3 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	16:45:41
References
Saros	137 (34 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9474

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, May 30, 1984,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.998. 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). The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.6 days after apogee (on May 24, 1984, at 2:00 UTC) and 7.8 days before perigee (on June 7, 1984, at 12:20 UTC).^[2]

This was the first annular solar eclipse visible in the United States in 33 years.

Annularity was visible in Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia in the United States, the Azores Islands, Morocco and Algeria. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Hawaii, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Western Europe, and Northwest Africa.