title: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
text: # Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
  
  A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 19–20, 1985. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. It was visible near sunrise on May 20 over Japan and northeast Russia, and ending at sunset on May 19 over north Canada and Greenland. May 19 is the 139th (140th in leap years) day of the year in Gregorian Calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Eclipses of 1985
  
  * A total lunar eclipse on May 4.
  * A partial solar eclipse on May 19.
  * A total lunar eclipse on October 28.
  * A total solar eclipse on November 12.
  
  ### Solar eclipses of 1982–1985
  
  This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
  
  Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 1982–1985 :
  
  | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
  | 117 | 1982 June 21 Partial | -1.21017 | 122 | 1982 December 15 Partial | 1.12928 |
  | 127 | 1983 June 11 Total | -0.49475 | 132 | 1983 December 4 Annular | 0.40150 |
  | 137 | 1984 May 30 Annular | 0.27552 | 142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ | 1984 November 22 Total | -0.31318 |
  | 147 | 1985 May 19 Partial | 1.07197 | 152 | 1985 November 12 Total | -0.97948 |
  
  ### Metonic series
  
  The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
  
  22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 :
  
  | December 24–25 | October 12–13 | July 31-Aug 1 | May 18–20 | March 7–8 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 |
  | December 23, 1878 | October 12, 1882 | July 31, 1886 | May 18, 1890 | March 7, 1894 |
  | 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 |
  | December 23, 1897 | October 12, 1901 | August 1, 1905 | May 19, 1909 | March 8, 1913 |
  | 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
  | December 24, 1916 | October 12, 1920 | July 31, 1924 | May 19, 1928 | March 7, 1932 |
  | 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
  | December 25, 1935 | October 12, 1939 | August 1, 1943 | May 20, 1947 | March 7, 1951 |
  | 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
  | December 25, 1954 | October 12, 1958 | July 31, 1962 | May 20, 1966 | March 7, 1970 |
  | 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
  | December 24, 1973 | October 12, 1977 | July 31, 1981 | May 19, 1985 | March 7, 1989 |
  | 151 | 153 | 155 | 157 | 159 |
  | December 24, 1992 | October 12, 1996 | July 31, 2000 | May 19, 2004 | March 7, 2008 |
  | 161 | 163 | 165 | 167 | 169 |
  | December 24, 2011 | October 13, 2015 | August 1, 2019 | May 19, 2023 | March 8, 2027 |
  