Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005


A total solar eclipse occurred 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.
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 Southern tip of Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

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Animated path

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Eclipses of 2005

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Metonic series