Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

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Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
Hybrid eclipse
Solar eclipse at sunset (2937676527) (cropped).jpg
Partial from Naiguatá, Venezuela
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Map
Gamma −0.3473
Magnitude 1.0074
Maximum eclipse
Duration42 s (0 min 42 s)
Coordinates 10°36′S119°00′W / 10.6°S 119°W / -10.6; -119
Max. width of band27 km (17 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:36:51
References
Saros 129 (51 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9519

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, April 8, 2005, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0074. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning and ending as an annular eclipse. [2] 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. Occurring about 4.3 days after perigee (on April 4, 2005, at 12:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. [3]

Contents

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, but the annular solar eclipse was visible in the southern tip of Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. [4] A partial eclipse was visible for parts of New Zealand, Oceania, West Antarctica, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and western South America.

A partial eclipse was photographed from Nicaragua; in Bogota, several hundred schoolchildren watched the eclipse despite cloud cover. [5] In Cordoba, an expedition from Bogota's National University observed the eclipse. [5]

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. [6] 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), [2] [7] although rainy conditions in part of the region meant the event was partially obscured. [5]

Observations

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Fred Espenak and Williams College professor Jay Pasachoff boarded the cruise ship Galapagos Legend and observed the eclipse from the sea west of the Galápagos Islands. The ship first docked at several islands in the Galapagos Islands from April 1 to 3, and then started sailing westward toward the path of totality on April 4. It was cloudy at first on April 8. The ship encountered relatively large wind and waves while sailing south to look for a location with clear sky. The clouds began to disperse from 2 pm, and the sun could be seen through the thin clouds around 2:40. It cleared up later and during the totality, the weather was excellent and the observation was very successful. After another several days of sailing, the ship arrived at the Galápagos Islands again on April 12 and docked at several islands in the following days. [8]

In addition, cruise ships including the MV Discovery and MS Paul Gauguin carried passengers around the Pitcairn Islands and French Polynesia. [9] A team of NASA's did ground-based observations Penonomé, Coclé, Panama. [10] [11]

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2005
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama David 15:53:0917:10:1817:10:2217:10:2518:17:520:072:2599.55%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2005
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Auckland [a] 06:40:59 (sunrise)06:49:3307:49:351:0956.96%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wellington [a] 06:44:32 (sunrise)06:50:3907:52:561:0873.66%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Chatham Islands [a] 06:57:12 (sunrise)07:38:0908:44:301:4789.67%
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia Gambier Islands 09:18:2210:41:5612:11:512:5387.60%
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg  Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 10:21:4211:47:0013:17:422:5695.34%
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Georgetown 17:15:1617:59:0818:01:20 (sunset)0:4660.72%
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexico City 15:46:4017:02:2418:10:452:2448.83%
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Quito 15:50:5517:05:0918:10:052:1968.16%
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Guatemala City 14:49:1816:07:5617:17:232:2873.06%
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Bridgetown 17:19:1618:08:2418:10:38 (sunset)0:5165.04%
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador San Salvador 14:49:5116:08:3217:17:522:2877.25%
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Managua 14:52:0216:10:0417:18:362:2784.46%
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica San José 14:52:2516:10:1317:18:192:2693.55%
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras Tegucigalpa 14:53:2916:10:4117:18:442:2576.73%
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Belmopan 14:56:2216:11:2617:18:062:2264.17%
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 16:01:0117:12:5018:03:47 (sunset)2:0384.89%
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Panama City 15:58:0117:13:0018:18:442:2197.95%
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 17:16:2318:13:5518:16:50 (sunset)1:0081.81%
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Castries 17:19:2318:13:5518:16:39 (sunset)0:5769.68%
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 17:18:3318:13:5518:17:06 (sunset)0:5972.87%
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada St. George's 17:17:2218:16:1918:18:35 (sunset)1:0179.60%
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 17:20:4918:18:3118:20:46 (sunset)1:0065.79%
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas 17:12:4818:19:1118:38:16 (sunset)1:2589.88%
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Kingston 16:11:4417:19:2818:20:002:1063.64%
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Oranjestad 17:12:0218:19:2918:51:59 (sunset)1:4061.43%
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Willemstad 17:12:3518:19:3318:47:21 (sunset)1:3584.50%
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Caribbean Netherlands Kralendijk 17:13:0918:19:4218:44:44 (sunset)1:3284.10%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Port-au-Prince 17:16:2618:21:0919:04:44 (sunset)1:4860.89%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 17:18:1318:21:3918:55:04 (sunset)1:3760.58%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico San Juan 17:20:4918:22:0618:39:47 (sunset)1:1959.20%
References: [1]

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of April 2005
April 8
Ascending node (new moon)
April 24
Descending node (full moon)
SE2005Apr08H.png Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png
Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Eclipses in 2005

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 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. [12]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004 to 2007
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 April 19, 2004
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Partial
−1.13345124 October 14, 2004
SE2004Oct14P.png
Partial
1.03481
129
Solar eclipse at sunset (2937676527) (cropped).jpg
Partial in Naiguatá, Venezuela
April 8, 2005
SE2005Apr08H.png
Hybrid
−0.34733134
Ecl-ann.jpg
Annularity in Madrid, Spain
October 3, 2005
SE2005Oct03A.png
Annular
0.33058
139
Diamondring-eclipse-March03-29-2006.jpg
Totality in Side, Turkey
March 29, 2006
SE2006Mar29T.png
Total
0.38433144
Helder da Rocha - Partial solar eclipse (by-sa).jpg
Partial in São Paulo, Brazil
September 22, 2006
SE2006Sep22A.png
Annular
−0.40624
149
Solar Eclipse (3445953058) (cropped).jpg
Partial in Jaipur, India
March 19, 2007
SE2007Mar19P.png
Partial
1.07277154
Eclipse solar 01 (1360685468) (cropped).jpg
Partial in Córdoba, Argentina
September 11, 2007
SE2007Sep11P.png
Partial
−1.12552

Saros 129

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses from 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. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 34 at 5 minutes, 10 seconds on October 4, 1698, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 58 at 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [13]

Series members 40–61 occur between 1801 and 2200:
404142
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December 10, 1806
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December 20, 1824
SE1842Dec31A.gif
December 31, 1842
434445
SE1861Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1861
SE1879Jan22A.gif
January 22, 1879
SE1897Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1897
464748
SE1915Feb14A.png
February 14, 1915
SE1933Feb24A.png
February 24, 1933
SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
495051
SE1969Mar18A.png
March 18, 1969
SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987
SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
525354
SE2023Apr20H.png
April 20, 2023
SE2041Apr30T.png
April 30, 2041
SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
555657
SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077
SE2095Jun02T.png
June 2, 2095
Saros129 57van80 SE2113Jun13T.jpg
June 13, 2113
585960
Saros129 58van80 SE2131Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2131
Saros129 59van80 SE2149Jul05T.jpg
July 5, 2149
Saros129 60van80 SE2167Jul16T.jpg
July 16, 2167
61
Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg
July 26, 2185

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 21April 8–9January 26November 13–14September 1–2
117119121123125
SE1982Jun21P.png
June 21, 1982
SE1986Apr09P.png
April 9, 1986
SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990
SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993
SE1997Sep02P.png
September 2, 1997
127129131133135
SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
SE2009Jan26A.png
January 26, 2009
SE2012Nov13T.png
November 13, 2012
SE2016Sep01A.png
September 1, 2016
137139141143145
SE2020Jun21A.png
June 21, 2020
SE2024Apr08T.png
April 8, 2024
SE2028Jan26A.png
January 26, 2028
SE2031Nov14H.png
November 14, 2031
SE2035Sep02T.png
September 2, 2035
147149151153155
SE2039Jun21A.png
June 21, 2039
SE2043Apr09T.png
April 9, 2043
SE2047Jan26P.png
January 26, 2047
SE2050Nov14P.png
November 14, 2050
SE2054Sep02P.png
September 2, 2054
157
SE2058Jun21P.png
June 21, 2058

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1808Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)
SE1819Sep19Pe.gif
September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)
SE1830Aug18P.gif
August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)
SE1841Jul18P.gif
July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)
SE1852Jun17P.gif
June 17, 1852
(Saros 115)
SE1863May17P.gif
May 17, 1863
(Saros 116)
SE1874Apr16T.png
April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)
SE1885Mar16A.gif
March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)
SE1896Feb13A.png
February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)
SE1907Jan14T.png
January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)
SE1917Dec14A.png
December 14, 1917
(Saros 121)
SE1928Nov12P.png
November 12, 1928
(Saros 122)
SE1939Oct12T.png
October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)
SE1950Sep12T.png
September 12, 1950
(Saros 124)
SE1961Aug11A.png
August 11, 1961
(Saros 125)
SE1972Jul10T.png
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)
SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983
(Saros 127)
SE1994May10A.png
May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)
SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)
SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)
SE2027Feb06A.png
February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)
SE2038Jan05A.png
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)
SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)
SE2059Nov05A.png
November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)
SE2070Oct04A.png
October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)
SE2081Sep03T.png
September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)
SE2092Aug03A.png
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)
SE2103Jul04A.png
July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)
SE2114Jun03T.png
June 3, 2114
(Saros 139)
SE2125May03A.png
May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)
SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
SE2147Mar02T.png
March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)
SE2158Jan30A.png
January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)
SE2168Dec29A.png
December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)
SE2179Nov28T.png
November 28, 2179
(Saros 145)
SE2190Oct29H.png
October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1802Aug28A.png
August 28, 1802
(Saros 122)
SE1831Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1831
(Saros 123)
SE1860Jul18T.png
July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)
SE1889Jun28A.png
June 28, 1889
(Saros 125)
SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)
SE1947May20T.png
May 20, 1947
(Saros 127)
SE1976Apr29A.png
April 29, 1976
(Saros 128)
SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)
SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)
SE2063Feb28A.png
February 28, 2063
(Saros 131)
SE2092Feb07A.png
February 7, 2092
(Saros 132)
SE2121Jan19T.png
January 19, 2121
(Saros 133)
SE2149Dec30A.png
December 30, 2149
(Saros 134)
SE2178Dec09A.png
December 9, 2178
(Saros 135)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The times listed for this location occur on April 9, 2005, local time.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "April 8, 2005 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Big star eclipses today". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. 2005-04-08. p. 73. Retrieved 2023-10-15 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. Espenak, Fred. "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 Apr 08 - Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths". NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  5. 1 2 3 "Watchers view eclipse with awe". The Daily Tribune. 2005-04-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-25 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Eclipse atrae a cientos de turistas". La Prensa. Panama City, Panama. 2005-04-08. p. A4. Retrieved 2023-10-15 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Partial eclipse to blot out sun". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. 2005-04-08. p. 134. Retrieved 2023-10-15 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Greg Shanos (June 2005). "Hybrid Eclipse Expedition". Skyscrapers, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016.
  9. Xavier M. Jubier. "Eclipse totale de Soleil du 8 avril 2005 Polynésie, Océan Pacifique (Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 8 Polynesia, Pacific Ocean)". Archived from the original on 6 December 2015.
  10. Howard Anton Duncan. "Hybrid Solar Eclipse South Pacific Ocean – April 8, 2005". EclipseHD.info. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.
  11. Paul D. Maley. "The Hybrid 2005 Solar Eclipse on April 8". Eclipse Tours. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
  12. 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.
  13. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Photos:

10°34′01″S118°59′13″W / 10.567°S 118.987°W / -10.567; -118.987