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Eclipse of 14 October 2004

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Partial eclipse of the Sun on 19 April 2004

Presentation of the eclipse

Description of the eclipse

General map of visibility

Description of the eclipse

This eclipse is the first eclipse of the XXI^st century. It bears the number 7642 in the canon of Oppolzer and belongs to the Saros series number 119 of the canon of eclipses of Mucke and Meeus. In the canon of eclipses of the Sun calculated by IMCCE, this eclipse is the 65^th of the Saros number 167.

This is a near-polar eclipse, it begins in the Weddell Sea (Arctic Ocean) and ends in the south of Africa (Zimbabwe). It is visible on a small part of Antarctica and southern Africa.

General map of visibility