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Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022

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Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Partial from the CTIO
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1901
Magnitude0.6396
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62°06′S 71°30′W / 62.1°S 71.5°W / -62.1; -71.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:42:36
References
Saros119 (66 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9557

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 30, 2022,[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.6396. 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.

The eclipse was visible in parts of southern and central South America and Antarctica.

Images

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Animated path

Eclipse details

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Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[5]

April 30, 2022 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2022 April 30 at 18:46:30.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2022 April 30 at 19:41:58.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2022 April 30 at 20:29:14.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2022 April 30 at 20:42:36.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2022 April 30 at 22:39:11.9 UTC
April 30, 2022 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.63963
Eclipse Obscuration 0.54175
Gamma −1.19008
Sun Right Ascension 02h32m15.6s
Sun Declination +14°57'53.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 02h34m04.8s
Moon Declination +13°57'48.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'04.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'17.7"
ΔT 70.7 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of April–May 2022
April 30
Ascending node (new moon)
May 16
Descending node (full moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131
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Eclipses in 2022

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 119

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2022–2025

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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.[6]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119

Partial in CTIO, Chile
April 30, 2022

Partial
−1.19008 124

Partial from Saratov, Russia
October 25, 2022

Partial
1.07014
129

Partial in Magetan, Indonesia
April 20, 2023

Hybrid
−0.39515 134

Annularity in Hobbs, NM, USA
October 14, 2023

Annular
0.37534
139

Totality in Dallas, TX, USA
April 8, 2024

Total
0.34314 144

Annularity in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
October 2, 2024

Annular
−0.35087
149 March 29, 2025

Partial
1.04053 154 September 21, 2025

Partial
−1.06509
Partial solar eclipse at sunset on April 30, 2022 from Mar del Plata, Argentina

Saros 119

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012; a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030; and annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 10 at 32 seconds on August 20, 1012, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 44 at 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[7]

Metonic series

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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 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

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipses on April 8, 1902 (part of Saros 108) and January 5, 1935 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 2000 and 2200

July 1, 2000
(Saros 117)

June 1, 2011
(Saros 118)

April 30, 2022
(Saros 119)

March 30, 2033
(Saros 120)

February 28, 2044
(Saros 121)

January 27, 2055
(Saros 122)

December 27, 2065
(Saros 123)

November 26, 2076
(Saros 124)

October 26, 2087
(Saros 125)

September 25, 2098
(Saros 126)

August 26, 2109
(Saros 127)

July 25, 2120
(Saros 128)

June 25, 2131
(Saros 129)

May 25, 2142
(Saros 130)

April 23, 2153
(Saros 131)

March 23, 2164
(Saros 132)

February 21, 2175
(Saros 133)

January 20, 2186
(Saros 134)

December 19, 2196
(Saros 135)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)

August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)

August 9, 1877
(Saros 114)

July 21, 1906
(Saros 115)

June 30, 1935
(Saros 116)

June 10, 1964
(Saros 117)

May 21, 1993
(Saros 118)

April 30, 2022
(Saros 119)

April 11, 2051
(Saros 120)

March 21, 2080
(Saros 121)

March 1, 2109
(Saros 122)

February 9, 2138
(Saros 123)

January 21, 2167
(Saros 124)

December 31, 2195
(Saros 125)

References

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  1. ^ "April 30, 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ Rao, Joe (April 29, 2022). "First solar eclipse of 2022 occurs Saturday. Here's what to expect". Space.com.
  3. ^ Sottile, Zoe (April 30, 2022). "Don't look up: 2022's first solar eclipse will appear in the southern hemisphere today". CNN.
  4. ^ "1st solar eclipse of 2022 appears in southern skies". FOX 7 Austin. May 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 Apr 30". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 119". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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