Partial Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2005

NASA's GSFC ^ | Last revised: 2005 Mar 22 | Fred Espenak

[SunkenCiv]

This eclipse will be seen as a partial eclipse from the southern half of the United States. More specifically, the eclipse will be visible from the USA south of a line extending across the nation from southernmost California to central New Jersey. No eclipse will be seen north of this line which is called the northern eclipse limit. The size or magnitude of the eclipse increases as one travels to the southeast of the northern eclipse limit.

[SunkenCiv]

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This map shows the regions of visibility of the solar eclipse of April 8, 2005 in the USA. The eclipse will be visible south of a line extending across the nation from southernmost California to central New Jersey. The eclipse magnitude (fraction of the Sun's diameter covered by the Moon) varies from 0% along the northern limit to nearly 50% in southern Florida. Eclipse magnitude curves labeled 10% through 80% can be used to estimate the degree of the eclipse from any part of the USA and Mexico.

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[SunkenCiv]

Smoked Glass Ping!

[SunkenCiv]

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[D-fendr]

2200 hrs.

Rats, the eclipse is at night so I'll miss it.

[AntiGuv]

No, 2200 Universal Time is 3pm in the Mountain Time Zone (which is where the eclipse will be at that point).

[fella]

Will it be seen in Rome Italy?

[spodefly]

Looks like roughly 5PM Eastern time here in Atlanta ... 20% eclipse ... should be noticable if the clouds cooperate.

[SunkenCiv]

Nope. But there will be one in October apparently:

Solar Eclipses: 2005 - 2010
Date	Eclipse Type	Eclipse Magnitude	Central Duration	Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
2005 Apr 08	Hybrid	1.007	00m42s	N. Zealand, N. & S. America [Hybrid: s Pacific, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela]
2005 Oct 03	Annular	0.958	04m32s	Europe, Africa, s Asia [Annular: Portugal, Spain, Libia, Sudan, Kenya]
2006 Mar 29	Total	1.052	04m07s	Africa, Europe, w Asia [Total: c Africa, Turkey, Russia]
2006 Sep 22	Annular	0.935	07m09s	S. America, w Africa, Antarctica [Annular: Guyana, Suriname, F. Guiana, s Atlantic]
2007 Mar 19	Partial	0.874	-	Asia, Alaska
2007 Sep 11	Partial	0.749	-	S. America, Antarctica
2008 Feb 07	Annular	0.965	02m12s	Antarctica, e Australia, N. Zealand [Annular: Antarctica]
2008 Aug 01	Total	1.039	02m27s	ne N. America, Europe, Asia [Total: n Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China]
2009 Jan 26	Annular	0.928	07m54s	s Africa, Antarctica, se Asia, Australia [Annular: s Indian, Sumatra, Borneo]
2009 Jul 22	Total	1.080	06m39s	e Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii [Total: India, Nepal, China, c Pacific]
2010 Jan 15	Annular	0.919	11m08s	Africa, Asia [Annular: c Africa, India, Malymar, China]
2010 Jul 11	Total	1.058	05m20s	s S. America [Total: s Pacific, Easter Is., Chile, Argentina]

[SunkenCiv]

Enjoy (safely of course).

[ChefKeith]

sun ping 2pm cst 25% visibile

[SouthTexas]

Should have clear skies here. We're in about the 35% range.

[Doofer]

If I'm not mistaken the Pope was born on a day with a solar eclipse and now he's funeral also is on a day with a solar eclipse.