Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox solar eclipse 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]

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

Gallery

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of April 2005
April 8
Ascending node (new moon)
 April 24
Descending node (full moon)
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Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2005

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2004–2007

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Saros 129

Template:Solar Saros series 129

Metonic series

Template:Solar Metonic series 1982–2058

Tritos series

Template:Solar Tritos series 2005 April 8

Inex series

Template:Solar Inex series 2005 April 8

Notes

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References

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Photos:

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