Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005

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Solar eclipse of 2005 October 3
Solar eclipse of 2005 October 3
Satellite image of the eclipse over East Africa. Red dots show where fires were burning in vegetated areas.
Satellite image of the eclipse over East Africa. Red dots show where fires were burning in vegetated areas.

The solar eclipse that took place on October 3, 2005 was an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.958 that was visible from a narrow corridor through the Iberian peninsula and Africa. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including all of Europe, Africa and southwestern Asia.

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[edit] Notable times and coordinates

Event Time (UTC)
Beginning of the general eclipse 3:53:56
Beginning of the total eclipse 18:40:59
Beginning of the central eclipse 19:45:03
Greatest eclipse 10:31:42
End of the central eclipse 2:18:36
End of the total eclipse 1:22:35
End of the general eclipse 24:27:52

[edit] Type of the eclipse

Nature of the eclipses Annular
Gamma 0.3306
Magnitude 0.9576
Duration at greatest eclipse point 271 s (4 min 31 s) at 10:31:42 UTC, in Sudan: 12°53′24″N, 28°44′06″E
Maximum width of band 162.2 km

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