Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005

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Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
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Annular from Madrid, Spain
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.3306
Magnitude 0.9576
Maximum eclipse
Duration272 s (4 min 32 s)
Coordinates 12°54′N28°42′E / 12.9°N 28.7°E / 12.9; 28.7
Max. width of band162 km (101 mi)
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin3:53:56
(U1) Total begin18:40:59
Greatest eclipse10:32:47
(U4) Total end1:22:35
(P4) Partial end24:27:52
References
Saros 134 (43 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9520

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, October 3, 2005, [1] [2] [3] with a magnitude of 0.958. 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. Occurring about 4.75 days after apogee (on September 28, 2005, at 16:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. [4]

Contents

Annularity was visible from a narrow corridor through Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Another solar eclipse in Africa occurred just 6 months later.

Visibility

The path of the eclipse began in the North Atlantic ocean at 08:41 universal time (UT). The antumbra reached Madrid, Spain at 08:56 UT, lasting four minutes and eleven seconds and 90% of the Sun was covered by the Moon. The antumbra reached Algiers at 09:05 UT, then passed through Tunisia and Libya before heading southeast through Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. The shadow then moved out over the Indian Ocean until it terminated at sunset, 12:22 UT. [5]

The maximum eclipse duration occurred in central Sudan at 10:31:42 UT, where it lasted for 4m 31s when the Sun was 71° above the horizon. [5]

The motion of the shadow was supersonic and it generated gravity waves that were detectable as disturbances in the ionosphere. These gravity waves originate in the thermosphere at an altitude of about 180 km. Because of the obscuration of solar radiation, the ionization level dropped by 70% during the eclipse. [6] [7] The eclipse caused a 1–1.4 K drop in the temperature of the ionosphere. [8]

Images

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [9]

October 3, 2005 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2005 October 03 at 07:36:39.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2005 October 03 at 08:42:04.1 UTC
First Central Line2005 October 03 at 08:44:06.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2005 October 03 at 08:46:08.3 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2005 October 03 at 10:00:20.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2005 October 03 at 10:11:46.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2005 October 03 at 10:28:57.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2005 October 03 at 10:32:47.3 UTC
Greatest Duration2005 October 03 at 10:38:04.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2005 October 03 at 11:05:45.4 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2005 October 03 at 12:19:41.4 UTC
Last Central Line2005 October 03 at 12:21:40.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2005 October 03 at 12:23:40.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2005 October 03 at 13:28:57.9 UTC
October 3, 2005 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.95759
Eclipse Obscuration0.91698
Gamma0.33058
Sun Right Ascension12h37m55.0s
Sun Declination-04°05'04.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'59.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension12h38m30.3s
Moon Declination-03°49'04.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'05.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'22.1"
ΔT64.8 s

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 October 2005
October 3
Descending node (new moon)
 October 17
Ascending node (full moon)
SE2005Oct03A.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2005Oct17.png
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 134		 Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 146

Eclipses in 2005

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 134

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. [10]

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
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Annular		−0.40624
149
Solar Eclipse (3445953058) (cropped).jpg
Partial in Jaipur, India 		March 19, 2007
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Partial		1.07277154
Eclipse solar 01 (1360685468) (cropped).jpg
Partial in Córdoba, Argentina 		September 11, 2007
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Partial		−1.12552

Saros 134

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554; hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843; and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. 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 totality was produced by member 11 at 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 52 at 10 minutes, 55 seconds on January 10, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [11]

Series members 32–53 occur between 1801 and 2200:
323334
SE1807Jun06H.png
June 6, 1807		 SE1825Jun16H.png
June 16, 1825		 SE1843Jun27H.png
June 27, 1843
353637
SE1861Jul08A.png
July 8, 1861		 SE1879Jul19A.png
July 19, 1879		 SE1897Jul29A.png
July 29, 1897
383940
SE1915Aug10A.png
August 10, 1915 		SE1933Aug21A.png
August 21, 1933 		SE1951Sep01A.png
September 1, 1951
414243
SE1969Sep11A.png
September 11, 1969 		SE1987Sep23A.png
September 23, 1987 		SE2005Oct03A.png
October 3, 2005
444546
SE2023Oct14A.png
October 14, 2023 		SE2041Oct25A.png
October 25, 2041 		SE2059Nov05A.png
November 5, 2059
474849
SE2077Nov15A.png
November 15, 2077 		SE2095Nov27A.png
November 27, 2095 		SE2113Dec08A.png
December 8, 2113
505152
SE2131Dec19A.png
December 19, 2131		 SE2149Dec30A.png
December 30, 2149		 SE2168Jan10A.png
January 10, 2168
53
SE2186Jan20A.png
January 20, 2186

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 descending node.

21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 22May 9–11February 26–27December 14–15October 2–3
116118120122124
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July 22, 1971 		SE1975May11P.png
May 11, 1975 		SE1979Feb26T.png
February 26, 1979 		SE1982Dec15P.png
December 15, 1982 		SE1986Oct03H.png
October 3, 1986
126128130132134
SE1990Jul22T.png
July 22, 1990 		SE1994May10A.png
May 10, 1994 		SE1998Feb26T.png
February 26, 1998 		SE2001Dec14A.png
December 14, 2001 		SE2005Oct03A.png
October 3, 2005
136138140142144
SE2009Jul22T.png
July 22, 2009 		SE2013May10A.png
May 10, 2013 		SE2017Feb26A.png
February 26, 2017 		SE2020Dec14T.png
December 14, 2020 		SE2024Oct02A.png
October 2, 2024
146148150152154
SE2028Jul22T.png
July 22, 2028 		SE2032May09A.png
May 9, 2032 		SE2036Feb27P.png
February 27, 2036 		SE2039Dec15T.png
December 15, 2039 		SE2043Oct03A.png
October 3, 2043
156
SE2047Jul22P.png
July 22, 2047

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
SE1809Apr14A.gif
April 14, 1809
(Saros 116)		 SE1820Mar14T.gif
March 14, 1820
(Saros 117)		 SE1831Feb12A.gif
February 12, 1831
(Saros 118)		 SE1842Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1842
(Saros 119)		 SE1852Dec11T.gif
December 11, 1852
(Saros 120)
SE1863Nov11A.png
November 11, 1863
(Saros 121)		 SE1874Oct10An.gif
October 10, 1874
(Saros 122)		 SE1885Sep08T.png
September 8, 1885
(Saros 123)		 SE1896Aug09T.png
August 9, 1896
(Saros 124)		 SE1907Jul10A.png
July 10, 1907
(Saros 125)
SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1918
(Saros 126)		 SE1929May09T.png
May 9, 1929
(Saros 127)		 SE1940Apr07A.png
April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)		 SE1951Mar07A.png
March 7, 1951
(Saros 129)		 SE1962Feb05T.png
February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)
SE1973Jan04A.png
January 4, 1973
(Saros 131)		 SE1983Dec04A.png
December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)		 SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994
(Saros 133)		 SE2005Oct03A.png
October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)		 SE2016Sep01A.png
September 1, 2016
(Saros 135)
SE2027Aug02T.png
August 2, 2027
(Saros 136)		 SE2038Jul02A.png
July 2, 2038
(Saros 137)		 SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)		 SE2060Apr30T.png
April 30, 2060
(Saros 139)		 SE2071Mar31A.png
March 31, 2071
(Saros 140)
SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082
(Saros 141)		 SE2093Jan27T.png
January 27, 2093
(Saros 142)		 SE2103Dec29A.png
December 29, 2103
(Saros 143)		 SE2114Nov27A.png
November 27, 2114
(Saros 144)		 SE2125Oct26T.png
October 26, 2125
(Saros 145)
SE2136Sep26T.png
September 26, 2136
(Saros 146)		 Saros147 30van80 SE2147Aug26A.jpg
August 26, 2147
(Saros 147)		 SE2158Jul25T.png
July 25, 2158
(Saros 148)		 Saros149 29van71 SE2169Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2169
(Saros 149)		 Saros150 26van71 SE2180May24A.jpg
May 24, 2180
(Saros 150)
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April 23, 2191
(Saros 151)

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
SE1803Feb21T.png
February 21, 1803
(Saros 127)		 SE1832Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1832
(Saros 128)		 SE1861Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)
SE1889Dec22T.png
December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)		 SE1918Dec03A.png
December 3, 1918
(Saros 131)		 SE1947Nov12A.png
November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)
SE1976Oct23T.png
October 23, 1976
(Saros 133)		 SE2005Oct03A.png
October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)		 SE2034Sep12A.png
September 12, 2034
(Saros 135)
SE2063Aug24T.png
August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)		 SE2092Aug03A.png
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)		 SE2121Jul14A.png
July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
SE2150Jun25T.png
June 25, 2150
(Saros 139)		 SE2179Jun05A.png
June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)

Notes

  1. ↑ "October 3, 2005 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "From Portugal to Burundi: Thousands gather to catch glimpse of annular eclipse". The Vincennes Sun-Commercial. 2005-10-04. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-10-25– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Rare solar eclipse gives Spain, parts of Africa a dazzling view". Arizona Daily Star. 2005-10-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-25– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 Espenak, Fred. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03". NASA/GSFC. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  6. ↑ Jakowski, N.; et al. (April 2008). "Ionospheric behavior over Europe during the solar eclipse of 3 October 2005". Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 70 (6): 836–853. Bibcode:2008JASTP..70..836J. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.02.016.
  7. ↑ Šauli, P.; et al. (December 2007). "Acoustic–gravity waves during solar eclipses: Detection and characterization using wavelet transforms" (PDF). Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 69 (17–18): 2465–2484. Bibcode:2007JASTP..69.2465S. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.06.012. S2CID   54722046.
  8. ↑ Burmaka, V. P.; et al. (2007). "Tropospheric-ionospheric effects of the 3 October 2005 partial solar eclipse in Kharkiv". Kosmichna Nauka I Tekhnologiya. 13 (6): 74–86. Bibcode:2007KosNT..13f..74B. doi:10.15407/knit2007.06.074.
  9. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 Oct 03". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 134". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918</span> 20th-century annular solar eclipse

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 3, 1918, with a magnitude of 0.9383. 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. Occurring 4.3 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917</span> 20th-century annular solar eclipse

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, December 14, 1917, with a magnitude of 0.9791. 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. Occurring 4.6 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

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