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Wikipedia / Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 19, 2004, with a magnitude of 0.7367. 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.

The eclipse was largely visible over the south Atlantic Ocean and north shores of Antarctica, most prominently the Antarctic Peninsula. The eclipse could also be seen in southern Africa at sunset. Considering the magnitude and the solar altitude, South Africa was the best place to observe this eclipse. In Cape Town, the Sun was about 40% obscured, while in Pretoria the Sun was 29% obscured. Further north, the eclipse remained visible up to Angola, the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

Images

Animated eclipse path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Country or territory

City or place

Start of partial eclipse

Maximum eclipse

End of partial eclipse

Duration of eclipse (hr:min)

Maximum coverage

Orcadas Base

08:34:21

09:21:09

10:09:32

1:35

10.74%

King Edward Point

09:42:42

10:28:02

11:14:51

1:32

7.80%

Troll

11:44:14

12:54:08

14:03:30

2:19

50.79%

Bouvet Island

13:55:49

15:14:25

16:30:52

2:35

46.75%

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

12:18:49

13:20:06

14:21:02

2:02

12.16%

Île de la Possession

17:59:01

18:43:40

18:48:03 (sunset)

0:49

40.02%

Marion Island

15:45:54

17:01:10

17:42:47 (sunset)

1:57

58.91%

Cape Town

14:51:36

16:10:46

17:22:13

2:31

39.54%

Gqeberha

15:01:15

16:17:59

17:26:41

2:25

42.19%

Mafeteng

15:14:30

16:27:18

17:32:18

2:18

36.01%

Maseru

15:16:14

16:28:26

17:32:53

2:17

35.19%

Teyateyaneng

15:17:01

16:28:57

17:33:08

2:16

34.94%

Durban

15:19:10

16:29:59

17:32:12 (sunset)

2:13

36.23%

Windhoek

14:23:38

15:31:17

16:32:18

2:09

21.38%

Antananarivo

17:08:20

17:34:18

17:36:37 (sunset)

0:28

8.56%

Johannesburg

15:25:54

16:34:29

17:35:46

2:10

29.88%

Pretoria

15:27:27

16:35:24

17:36:07

2:09

29.07%

Gaborone

15:27:54

16:35:37

17:36:12

2:08

27.02%

Mbabane

15:29:22

16:36:20

17:35:14 (sunset)

2:06

30.04%

Maputo

15:32:06

16:37:46

17:29:54 (sunset)

1:58

29.26%

Menongue

14:55:09

15:45:31

16:31:47

1:37

8.73%

Toliara

16:51:08

17:45:37

17:48:01 (sunset)

0:57

21.42%

Mamoudzou

17:30:57

17:48:23

17:51:04 (sunset)

0:20

2.33%

Harare

15:56:36

16:49:50

17:38:13

1:42

14.55%

Luanda

15:27:38

15:50:30

16:12:31

0:45

0.75%

Lusaka

16:02:45

16:51:54

17:36:54

1:34

10.65%

Moroni

17:34:35

17:54:43

17:59:50 (sunset)

0:25

2.03%

Lilongwe

16:14:17

16:56:11

17:34:58

1:22

7.58%

Lubumbashi

16:18:33

16:56:38

17:32:08

1:14

4.87%

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Solar Eclipse of April 19, 2004(Local Times)

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Event

Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

2004 April 19 at 11:30:59.6 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

2004 April 19 at 12:30:29.4 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

2004 April 19 at 13:22:15.9 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

2004 April 19 at 13:35:05.3 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

2004 April 19 at 15:39:41.1 UTC

April 19, 2004 Solar Eclipse Times

Parameter

Value

Eclipse Magnitude

0.73674

Eclipse Obscuration

0.65501

Gamma

−1.13345

Sun Right Ascension

01h50m58.6s

Sun Declination

+11°24'41.2"

Sun Semi-Diameter

15'55.2"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

01h52m50.5s

Moon Declination

+10°28'42.9"

Moon Semi-Diameter

15'01.7"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

0°55'09.3"

ΔT

64.6 s

April 19, 2004 Solar Eclipse Parameters

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

April 19Ascending node (new moon)

May 4Descending node (full moon)

Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 119

Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131

Eclipse season of April–May 2004

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2004

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 119

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2004–2007

Saros 119

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References