A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 30, 2022, 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.

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Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of April 30, 2022(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
AntarcticaEsperanza Base16:38:0116:41:3716:45:13 (sunset)0:071.09%
AntarcticaRothera Research Station16:24:1616:52:3916:59:58 (sunset)0:3621.72%
AntarcticaCarlini Base16:39:1216:52:5716:58:20 (sunset)0:197.82%
AntarcticaPalmer Station16:31:1416:58:4417:04:51 (sunset)0:3420.82%
Falkland IslandsStanley17:01:2817:31:3717:35:22 (sunset)0:3422.16%
ArgentinaUshuaia16:46:0517:57:4518:07:41 (sunset)1:2252.15%
ChilePunta Arenas16:46:4917:59:3318:23:16 (sunset)1:3651.56%
UruguayMontevideo17:43:5918:00:2718:03:11 (sunset)0:197.36%
ArgentinaMar del Plata17:34:3418:00:4318:03:35 (sunset)0:2914.80%
UruguayRivera17:56:0118:03:5718:06:33 (sunset)0:112.31%
UruguayDurazno17:47:5818:04:1018:06:51 (sunset)0:196.86%
ChileEaster Island14:04:0515:04:1416:01:411:5810.20%
UruguayTacuarembó17:53:1318:04:3118:07:09 (sunset)0:143.93%
ArgentinaBuenos Aires17:42:5618:09:4118:12:24 (sunset)0:2913.73%
BrazilUruguaiana17:58:0618:11:4518:14:19 (sunset)0:164.70%
UruguayPaysandú17:49:3818:11:5418:14:41 (sunset)0:2510.03%
ParaguayAsunción17:12:2117:20:0417:22:31 (sunset)0:101.64%
ArgentinaRosario17:45:2718:21:2118:24:01 (sunset)0:3917.99%
ArgentinaNeuquén17:21:4618:28:2518:43:58 (sunset)1:2236.06%
ChileSantiago16:33:1517:36:5018:03:14 (sunset)1:3028.47%
ArgentinaCórdoba17:46:2018:37:4418:40:22 (sunset)0:5422.05%
ArgentinaMendoza17:36:5718:38:3618:56:50 (sunset)1:2026.90%
ArgentinaSan Miguel de Tucumán17:59:1718:48:1818:50:48 (sunset)0:5215.06%
ArgentinaSalta18:05:5318:51:0418:54:14 (sunset)0:4811.77%
BoliviaSanta Cruz de la Sierra17:39:1517:51:0417:53:49 (sunset)0:150.91%
BoliviaSucre17:29:1817:57:0118:00:41 (sunset)0:313.26%
PeruArequipa16:34:1217:01:1417:26:550:552.05%
BoliviaCochabamba17:36:4918:01:1618:06:10 (sunset)0:291.73%
BoliviaLa Paz17:39:0518:01:5818:15:05 (sunset)0:361.36%
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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.

April 30, 2022 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2022 April 30 at 18:46:30.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2022 April 30 at 19:41:58.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2022 April 30 at 20:29:14.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2022 April 30 at 20:42:36.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2022 April 30 at 22:39:11.9 UTC
April 30, 2022 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.63963
Eclipse Obscuration0.54175
Gamma−1.19008
Sun Right Ascension02h32m15.6s
Sun Declination+14°57'53.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'52.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension02h34m04.8s
Moon Declination+13°57'48.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'04.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'17.7"
ΔT70.7 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.

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

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2022

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 119

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2022–2025

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025
Ascending nodeDescending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
119 Partial in CTIO, ChileApril 30, 2022 Partial−1.19008124 Partial from Saratov, RussiaOctober 25, 2022 Partial1.07014
129 Totality from Exmouth, WAApril 20, 2023 Hybrid−0.39515134 Mexican Hat, UTOctober 14, 2023 Annular0.37534
139 Totality in Dallas, TXApril 8, 2024 Total0.34314144 Tres Cerros, ArgentinaOctober 2, 2024 Annular−0.35087
149 Partial from Halifax, NSMarch 29, 2025 Partial1.04053154September 21, 2025 Partial−1.06509

Saros 119

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.

Series members 54–71 occur between 1801 and 2112:
545556
December 21, 1805January 1, 1824January 11, 1842
575859
January 23, 1860February 2, 1878February 13, 1896
606162
February 25, 1914March 7, 1932March 18, 1950
636465
March 28, 1968April 9, 1986April 19, 2004
666768
April 30, 2022May 11, 2040May 22, 2058
697071
June 1, 2076June 13, 2094June 24, 2112

Metonic series

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 12–13April 30–May 1February 16–17December 5–6September 22–23
117119121123125
July 13, 2018April 30, 2022February 17, 2026December 5, 2029September 23, 2033
127129131133135
July 13, 2037April 30, 2041February 16, 2045December 5, 2048September 22, 2052
137139141143145
July 12, 2056April 30, 2060February 17, 2064December 6, 2067September 23, 2071
147149151153155
July 13, 2075May 1, 2079February 16, 2083December 6, 2086September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094

Tritos series

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

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)

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