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Eclipses

Total solar eclipse

Friday, April 8, 2005

Path of totality

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The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
20:35:44 UTC10.6° S, 119.0° W
Obscuration
100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Mar 29, 1987, one saros beforeApr 20, 2023, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 4 countries and territories
  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
  • Colombia
  • Venezuela