Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004

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Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.1335
Magnitude 0.7367
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°36′S44°18′E / 61.6°S 44.3°E / -61.6; 44.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:35:05
References
Saros 119 (65 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9517

A partial solar eclipse took place on 19 April 2004. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. It was largely visible over the south Atlantic Ocean and north shores of Antarctica, most prominently the Antarctic Peninsula.

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The eclipse could also be seen in southern Africa at sunset. Considering the magnitude and the solar altitude, South Africa was the best place to observe this eclipse. In Cape Town, the Sun was about 40% obscured, while in Pretoria the Sun was 29% obscured. Further north, the eclipse remained visible up to Angola, southern DR Congo and Tanzania.

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Animated eclipse path

Eclipse season

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 4 May 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2004

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. [1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 2004 April 19
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Partial (south)
−1.13345124 2004 October 14
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Partial (north)
1.03481
129
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Partial from Naiguatá
2005 April 08
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Hybrid
−0.34733134
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Annular from Madrid, Spain
2005 October 03
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Annular
0.33058
139
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Total from Side, Turkey
2006 March 29
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Total
0.38433144
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Partial from São Paulo, Brazil
2006 September 22
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Annular
−0.40624
149
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From Jaipur, India
2007 March 19
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Partial (north)
1.07277154
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From Córdoba, Argentina
2007 September 11
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Partial (south)
−1.12552

Saros 119

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

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, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2April 19–20February 5–7November 24–25September 12–13
117119121123125
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July 1, 2000
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April 19, 2004
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February 7, 2008
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November 25, 2011
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September 13, 2015
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July 2, 2019
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April 20, 2023
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February 6, 2027
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November 25, 2030
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September 12, 2034
137139141143145
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July 2, 2038
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April 20, 2042
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February 5, 2046
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November 25, 2049
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September 12, 2053
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July 1, 2057
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April 20, 2061
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February 5, 2065
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November 24, 2068
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September 12, 2072
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July 1, 2076
  1. 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.

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