Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 30, 2022,{{cite web|title=April 30, 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2022-april-30|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=13 August 2024}} 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

File:SE2022Apr30P.gif
Animated path

Eclipse details

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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 Apr 30|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2022Apr30Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=13 August 2024}}

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|+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

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|+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

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.

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|+ Eclipse season of April–May 2022

! April 30
Ascending node (new moon)
!! May 16
Descending node (full moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131