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May 21, 1993 — Partial Solar Eclipse — Espoo, Finland

May 21, 1993 at 6:27 pm
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Global Event: Partial Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse, in Espoo
Began: Fri, May 21, 1993 at 5:43 pm
Maximum: Fri, May 21, 1993 at 6:27 pm 0.231 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, May 21, 1993 at 7:10 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 21, 1993 — Partial Solar Eclipse — Espoo

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Espoo. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EEST) for Espoo.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:43:41

Fri, May 21

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

260°
29.2°
Partial Solar Eclipse

18:27:53

Fri, May 21

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

270°
23.8°
Partial Solar Eclipse

19:10:00

Fri, May 21

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

279°
18.4°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 59.5 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

During this partial solar eclipse, the Moon covered only parts of the Sun, as seen from Espoo. There were no locations on Earth where the Sun appeared completely covered during this event.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (May 21)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Espoo

Eclipse Visibility From EspooVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9–10, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 26, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
May 25, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16–17, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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