Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node on April 8, 2005. 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's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. This eclipse is a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning and ending as an annular eclipse.[1]

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
Partial from Naiguatá, Venezuela
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma−0.3473
Magnitude1.0074
Maximum eclipse
Duration42 sec (0 m 42 s)
Coordinates10.6°S 119°W / -10.6; -119
Max. width of band27 km (17 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:36:51
References
Saros129 (51 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9519

It was visible within a narrow corridor in the Pacific Ocean. The path of the eclipse started south of New Zealand and crossed the Pacific Ocean in a diagonal path and ended in the extreme northwestern part of South America. The total solar eclipse was not visible on any land, while the annular solar eclipse was visible in the southern tip of Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.[2] A partial eclipse was photographed from Nicaragua; in Bogota, several hundred schoolchildren watched the eclipse despite cloud cover.[3] In Cordoba, an expedition from Bogota's National University observed the eclipse.[3]

In Panama, where the eclipse was visible (and nearly total) from nearly the entire country, it was reported that hundreds of people had booked hotels to view it, including astronomers from the United States, Mexico, France, Belgium, Denmark, Iran and Spain.[4] While the totality of the eclipse occurred over the Pacific Ocean, it could be seen from some parts of the southern United States; it was reported that the southernmost parts of Florida had the best viewing conditions (with as much as 50% of the sun occluded),[1][5] although rainy conditions in part of the region meant the event was partially obscured.[3]


Images


Animated path

Eclipse season

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 24 April 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2005

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Solar eclipses 2004–2007

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.[6]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119 2004 April 19

Partial (south)		 −1.13345 124 2004 October 14

Partial (north)		 1.03481
129

Partial from Naiguatá		 2005 April 08

Hybrid		 −0.34733 134

Annular from Madrid, Spain		 2005 October 03

Annular		 0.33058
139

Total from Side, Turkey		 2006 March 29

Total		 0.38433 144

Partial from São Paulo, Brazil		 2006 September 22

Annular		 −0.40624
149

From Jaipur, India		 2007 March 19

Partial (north)		 1.07277 154

From Córdoba, Argentina		 2007 September 11

Partial (south)		 −1.12552

Saros 129

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 . All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.[7]

Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
46 47 48

February 14, 1915
February 24, 1933
March 7, 1951
49 50 51

March 18, 1969
March 29, 1987
April 8, 2005
52 53 54

April 20, 2023
April 30, 2041
May 11, 2059
55 56

May 22, 2077
June 2, 2095

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.

21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21 April 8–9 January 26 November 13–14 September 1–2
107 109 111 113 115
June 21, 1963 April 9, 1967 January 26, 1971 November 14, 1974 September 2, 1978
117 119 121 123 125

June 21, 1982
April 9, 1986
January 26, 1990
November 13, 1993
September 2, 1997
127 129 131 133 135

June 21, 2001
April 8, 2005
January 26, 2009
November 13, 2012
September 1, 2016
137 139 141 143 145

June 21, 2020
April 8, 2024
January 26, 2028
November 14, 2031
September 2, 2035
147 149 151 153 155

June 21, 2039
April 9, 2043
January 26, 2047
November 14, 2050
September 2, 2054
157

June 21, 2058

Notes
  1. "Big star eclipses today". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. 2005-04-08. p. 73. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Espenak, Fred. "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 Apr 08 - Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths". NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  3. "Watchers view eclipse with awe". The Daily Tribune. 2005-04-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Eclipse atrae a cientos de turistas". La Prensa. Panama City, Panama. 2005-04-08. p. A4. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Partial eclipse to blot out sun". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. 2005-04-08. p. 134. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. Espenak, F. "NASA Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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