Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
Partial from Naiguatá, Venezuela
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Hybrid
Gamma	−0.3473
Magnitude	1.0074
Maximum eclipse
Duration	42 s (0 min 42 s)
Coordinates	10°36′S 119°00′W / 10.6°S 119°W / -10.6; -119
Max. width of band	27 km (17 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:36:51
References
Saros	129 (51 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9519

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]

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

Gallery

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  Christchurch (NZ) at sunrise

Related eclipses

Eclipse season

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 24 April 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2005

• A hybrid solar eclipse on April 8.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 24.
• An annular solar eclipse on October 3.
• A partial lunar eclipse on October 17.

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998

• Followed: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012

Half-Saros

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996

• Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014

Tritos

• Preceded: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

• Followed: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

Solar Saros 129

• Preceded: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987

• Followed: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023

Inex

• Preceded: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976

• Followed: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

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 to 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