Total solar eclipse
Friday, April 8, 2005 at 08:35 PM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Apr 8
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
2,215 km
Greatest-eclipse point
10.6° S, 119.0° W
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.