Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994, with a magnitude of 0.9431. 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. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The eclipse was visible over a wide swath of North America, from Baja California across the Midwest of the United States up through Ontario and Nova Scotia in Canada. Occurring only 1.6 days after apogee (on Monday, May 9, 1994, at 02:18 UTC or Sunday, May 8, 1994, at 22:18 EDT or 19:18 PDT), the moon's apparent diameter was smaller than the sun. This solar eclipse belonged to Saros series 128.

The path of annularity crossed four states of Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua), the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia and the southeastern tip of Quebec, Azores Islands except Santa Maria Island, and part of Morocco including the capital city Rabat. Niagara Falls was also covered by the path of annularity.

The eclipse reached its moment of "greatest eclipse" in the United States near Wauseon, Ohio, about 35 miles west of Toledo, Ohio.

The Columbus Crew were originally named the "Columbus Eclipse" in their Major League Soccer bid in honor of the event.

Eclipses in 1994

 * An annular solar eclipse on May 10, 1994.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on May 25, 1994.
 * A total solar eclipse on November 3, 1994.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18, 1994.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 1983
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

Solar Saros 128

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1907
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2081