Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022

Summary

A partial solar eclipse took place on April 30, 2022.[1][2][3] 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Partial from the CTIO
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1901
Magnitude0.6396
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62°06′S 71°30′W / 62.1°S 71.5°W / -62.1; -71.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:42:36
References
Saros119 (66 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9557

Images edit

 
Animated path

Related eclipses edit

Eclipses of 2022 edit

Solar eclipses of 2022–2025 edit

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.[4]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119
 
Partial from CTIO, Chile
2022 April 30
 
Partial
−1.19008 124
 
Partial from Saratov, Russia
2022 October 25
 
Partial
1.07014
129
 
Total from
East Timor
2023 April 20
 
Hybrid
−0.39515 134
 
Annular from
Campeche, Mexico
2023 October 14
 
Annular
0.37534
139
 
Total from
Indianapolis, USA
2024 April 8
 
Total
0.34314 144 2024 October 2
 
Annular
−0.35087
149 2025 March 29
 
Partial
1.04053 154 2025 September 21
 
Partial
−1.06509
 
Partial solar eclipse at sunset on April 30, 2022 from Mar del Plata, Argentina

Saros 119 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012, with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030. It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048, through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012. The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.

Metonic series edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ Rao, Joe (April 29, 2022). "First solar eclipse of 2022 occurs Saturday. Here's what to expect". Space.com.
  2. ^ Sottile, Zoe (April 30, 2022). "Don't look up: 2022's first solar eclipse will appear in the southern hemisphere today". CNN.
  3. ^ "1st solar eclipse of 2022 appears in southern skies". FOX 7 Austin. May 1, 2022.
  4. ^ 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.

External links edit

  • Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
    • Google interactive map
    • Besselian elements