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 will occur on April 30, 2022. 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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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2022-2025

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.^[1]

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