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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Saturday, May 31, 2003

Path of annularity

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Cities along the path

Cities along the path

Time of maximum in UTC, to the minute: when the centre of the shadow passes nearest.

  1. 04:03UTCReykjavíkIceland

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
04:08:18 UTC66.5° N, 24.5° W
Obscuration
88%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
May 19, 1985, one saros beforeJun 10, 2021, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 5 countries and territories
  • United Kingdom
  • Faroe Islands
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Greenland