Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022

Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
	Partial from the CTIO
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	−1.1901
Magnitude	0.6396
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	62°06′S 71°30′W / 62.1°S 71.5°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:42:36
References
Saros	119 (66 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9557

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.

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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
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
Ascending node			Descending node
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

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.

Series members 54–70 occur between 1801 and 2100:
54	55	56
December 21, 1805	January 1, 1824	January 11, 1842
57	58	59
January 23, 1860	February 2, 1878	February 13, 1896
60	61	62
February 25, 1914	March 7, 1932	March 18, 1950
63	64	65
March 28, 1968	April 9, 1986	April 19, 2004
66	67	68
April 30, 2022	May 11, 2040	May 22, 2058
69	70
June 1, 2076	June 13, 2094

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.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018, and July 12, 2094
July 12–13	April 30-May 1	February 16–17	December 5–6	September 22–23
117	119	121	123	125
July 13, 2018	April 30, 2022	February 17, 2026	December 5, 2029	September 23, 2033
127	129	131	133	135
July 13, 2037	April 30, 2041	February 16, 2045	December 5, 2048	September 22, 2052
137	139	141	143	145
July 12, 2056	April 30, 2060	February 17, 2064	December 6, 2067	September 23, 2071
147	149	151	153	155
July 13, 2075	May 1, 2079	February 16, 2083	December 6, 2086	September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094