Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10, 2013, with a magnitude of 0.9544. 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.

It was the 31st eclipse of the 138th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on June 6, 1472 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on July 11, 2716.

Visibility
Annularity was visible from a 171 to 225 kilometre-wide track that traversed Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert Islands, with the maximum of 6 minutes 3 seconds visible from the Pacific Ocean east of French Polynesia.

Eclipses of 2013

 * A partial lunar eclipse on April 25.
 * An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 25.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 18.
 * A hybrid solar eclipse on November 3.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 2004
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2022

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024

Solar Saros 138

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2042

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 10, 2100