Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023
Introduction A hybrid solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, April 20, 2023.A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth's surface. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometers wide. Hybrid solar eclipses are extremely rare, occurring in only 3.1% of solar eclipses in the 21st century.Totality for this eclipse was visible in the North West Cape peninsula and Barrow Island in Western Australia, eastern parts of East Timor, as well as Damar Island and parts of the province of Papua in Indonesia. More than 20,000 people watched the eclipse from the town of Exmouth on Western Australia's North West Cape. Providing infrastructure and services for the visitors (Exmouth's normal population is less than 3,000) cost the State Government of Western Australia A$20 million (US$13.5 million). The date marked a significant moment of astrotourism and tourism in Western Australia.Portions of the eclipse's path near sunrise and sunset were annular. With the eclipse occurring 4.1 days after perigee (April 16), the Moon's apparent diameter was 1.02% larger than average.
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Gallery === Australia ===2023.4.20 Total Solar Eclipse ～西オーストラリアでの金環皆既日食 ~.webm|Video of totality from Exmouth, Western Australia2023 partial solar eclipse as viewed from Perth, Western Australia (cropped).jpg|Partial from Perth, Western Australia, 03:19 UTC=== East Timor ===2023-04-20 Solar Eclipse in Timor-Leste 6.jpg=== Indonesia ===File:20232004Eclipse_1.jpg|Partial from Bekasi, West Java, 03:30 UTCFile:20232004Eclipse 3.jpg|Partial from Bekasi, West Java, 03:45 UTCFile:Gerhana Matahari 20 April 2023 - Jakarta 10.47 WIB.jpg|Partial from Jakarta, 03:47 UTCFile:Solar Eclipse April 2023 PKY.jpg|Partial from Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, 04:02 UTCFile:Partial Solar Eclipse 20 April 2023 from Pangkalpinang, Indonesia.jpg|Partial from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung Islands, 04:05 UTCFile:Post Totality - Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2023 - Viewed from Biak.jpg|Partial phase from Biak, Papua, 05:25 UTC - post-totalityFile:Totality 200423.jpg|Totality from Biak, Papua, 04:57 UTC=== Malaysia ===File:2023年4月20日_砂拉越州古晉市日食.jpg|Partial from Kuching, Sarawak, 04:13 UTC=== Philippines ===File:April 20, 2023 eclipse in San Fernando, Pampanga.jpg|Partial from San Fernando, Pampanga, 04:50 UTCFile:Partial eclipse april20 pampanga.png|Partial from Magalang, Pampanga, 04:55 UTCFile:Solar Eclipse of April 20, 2023.jpg|Partial from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, 04:55 UTC=== Vietnam ===File:Solar eclipse 200423.jpg|Partial from Ho Chi Minh City, 04:21 UTC
Related eclipses === Tzolkinex ===* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 8–9, 2016* Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030=== Half-Saros cycle ===* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032=== Tritos ===* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20–21, 2012* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034=== Solar Saros 129 ===* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041=== Inex ===* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052=== Triad ===* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 18–19, 2110=== Eclipses of 2023 ===* A hybrid solar eclipse on April 20. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5. * An annular solar eclipse on October 14. * A partial lunar eclipse on October 28.===Solar eclipses of 2022–2025======Saros 129======Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxJuly 10, 1907(Saros 125)150pxJune 19, 1936(Saros 126)150pxMay 30, 1965(Saros 127)150pxMay 10, 1994(Saros 128)150pxApril 20, 2023(Saros 129)150pxMarch 30, 2052(Saros 130)150pxMarch 10, 2081(Saros 131)=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxMarch 29, 1903(Saros 118)150pxFebruary 25, 1914(Saros 119)150pxJanuary 24, 1925(Saros 120)150pxDecember 25, 1935(Saros 121)150pxNovember 23, 1946(Saros 122)150pxOctober 23, 1957(Saros 123)150pxSeptember 22, 1968(Saros 124)150pxAugust 22, 1979(Saros 125)150pxJuly 22, 1990(Saros 126)150pxJune 21, 2001(Saros 127)150pxMay 20, 2012(Saros 128)150pxApril 20, 2023(Saros 129)150pxMarch 20, 2034(Saros 130)150pxFebruary 16, 2045(Saros 131)150pxJanuary 16, 2056(Saros 132)150pxDecember 17, 2066(Saros 133)150pxNovember 15, 2077(Saros 134)150pxOctober 14, 2088(Saros 135)150pxSeptember 14, 2099(Saros 136)===Metonic series===
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