A total

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...

occurred at the Moon's ascending node on April 8, 2005. A

occurs when the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width ...

passes between

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surf ...

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 The angular diameter, angular size, apparent diameter, or apparent size is an angular distance describing how large a sphere or circle appears from a given point of view. In the vision sciences, it is called the visual angle, and in optics, it is ...

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 Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

. The path of the eclipse started south of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

and crossed the Pacific Ocean in a diagonal path and ended in the extreme northwestern part of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

. The total solar eclipse was not visible on any land, while the annular solar eclipse was visible in the southern tip of

Puntarenas Province Puntarenas () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinc ...

of Costa Rica,

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

, Colombia and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

Images

Animated path

Gallery

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( NZ) at sunrise

Related eclipses

Eclipse season An eclipse season is the period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Moon's tilted orbital plane ( tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane), just as Earth's we ...

This is the first eclipse this season. Second eclipse this season: 24 April 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2005

* A hybrid solar eclipse on April 8. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 24. * An annular solar eclipse on October 3. * A partial lunar eclipse on October 17.

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 * Followed:

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 The solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 (May 21, 2012 local time in the Eastern Hemisphere) was an annular solar eclipse that was visible in a band spanning through Eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and North America. As a partial solar eclipse, it wa ...

Half-Saros

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014

Tritos

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994 * Followed: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

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* Preceded: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987 * Followed:

Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 A hybrid solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, April 20, 2023. 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 ...

Inex

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976 * Followed: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

Solar eclipses 2004–2007

Saros 129

Metonic series

Notes

References

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2005 April 08 (NASA.gov)

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Photos:

* ttp://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2005g/0-info.htm Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Pacific (MV Galapagos Legend)br>Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
APOD 4/11/2005

APOD 5/6/2005 * ttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap131103.html A Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse APOD 11/3/2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Solar Eclipse Of April 8, 2005 2005 04 08 2005 04 08 2005 in science April 2005 events 2005 in Costa Rica 2005 in Panama 2005 in Colombia 2005 in Venezuela