Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005

Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
Annular from Madrid, Spain
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.3306
Magnitude	0.9576
Maximum eclipse
Duration	272 s (4 min 32 s)
Coordinates	12°54′N 28°42′E / 12.9°N 28.7°E / 12.9; 28.7
Max. width of band	162 km (101 mi)
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin	3:53:56
(U1) Total begin	18:40:59
Greatest eclipse	10:32:47
(U4) Total end	1:22:35
(P4) Partial end	24:27:52
References
Saros	134 (43 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9520

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, October 3, 2005,^[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.958. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.75 days after apogee (on September 28, 2005, at 16:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[4]

Annularity was visible from a narrow corridor through Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Another solar eclipse in Africa occurred just 6 months later.