Annular solar eclipse
Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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Annular solar eclipse
May 10, 1994
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May 31, 2030
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Peak (UTC)
Sunday, May 20
Type
Annular solar eclipse
Obscuration
89%
Distance to shadow axis
3,078 km
Greatest-eclipse point
49.1° N, 176.3° E
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.