An annular

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on May 31, 2003. A

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 Annulus (or anulus) or annular indicates a ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. It may refer to: Human anatomy * ''Anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis'', spinal structure * Annulus of Zinn, a.k.a. annular tendon or ''anulus tendineus com ...

(ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible across central Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Jan Mayen and northern Scotland. Partiality was visible throughout Europe, Asia, and far northwestern Canada. SE2003May31A

Images

File:Garrulus - Eclips boven Chassepierre (by).jpg, Chassepierre, Belgium File:Eclipse--31-05-2003-2.jpg, From Belfort, France File:Sunrise Eclipse 2003 May 31.jpg, Wonneberg, Germany File:20030531 Oria (30847677046).jpg, From Oria, Italy File:Sun eclipse venice 5.31.2003 (32682446663).jpg, From

Venice, Italy Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...

File:Zonsverduistering mei 2003 WIlleskop.jpg,

Willeskop Willeskop is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of Montfoort, 2 km east of that city. Willeskop was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1989, when it was merged with Montfoort. A small part went ...

, Netherlands File:Solareclipse1 (1683459168).jpg, From

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

File:Solar eclipse Ringerike 2003.jpg, From Ringerike, Norway File:Annular eclipse from Tom Mor - near maximum (geograph 1662570).jpg,

Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, abou ...

, Scotland

Related eclipses

Eclipse season An eclipse season is the period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Moon's tilted orbital plane ( tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane), just as Earth's we ...

This is the second eclipse this season. First eclipse this season: 16 May 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2003

* A total lunar eclipse on May 16. * An annular solar eclipse (one limit) on May 31. * A total lunar eclipse on November 9. * A total solar eclipse on November 23.

Tzolkinex

* Preceded:

Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996 A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 17, 1996. A solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an al ...

* Followed:

Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010 The total solar eclipse of July 11, 2010, occurred over the southern Pacific Ocean. 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 total ...

Half-Saros

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 25, 1994 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012

Tritos

* Preceded:

Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992 A total solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1992. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon' ...

* Followed: Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014

Solar Saros 147

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985 * Followed:

Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 An annular solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, June 10, 2021, when the Moon passed between Earth and the Sun, thereby partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. During the eclipse, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller than t ...

Inex

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974 * Followed: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032

Solar eclipses 2000–2003

Saros 147

Tritos series

Metonic series

Notes

References

Photos:
Spaceweather.com solar eclipse gallery

APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU). According to the website, "Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written ...

6/4/2003, Dawn partial from Charneux, Belgium
Ring of Fire from Cape Wrath

6/5/2003, Annular eclipse from

Cape Wrath Cape Wrath ( gd, Am Parbh, known as ' in Lewis) is a cape in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain. The cape is separated from the rest of the ...

, northwestern coast of Scotland
Sun, Moon, Hot Air Balloon

6/6/2003, partial eclipse from

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

Clouds and the Moon Move to Block the Sun

6/18/2003, partial eclipse from

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Photos of solar eclipse around the world
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