Partial solar eclipse on April 19

07 Apr, 2004

A partial solar eclipse will occur on April 19 but would not be visible from any part of Pakistan.
This was announced by a spokesman of Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research (Suparco) here on Tuesday.
He said the solar eclipse will be visible from Southern Africa and some parts of Antarctica.
The contact timings of moon's penumbral shadow with earth is:
Partial eclipse begins: 16:29:55 PST; Greatest eclipse occurs: 18:34:01 PST; Partial eclipse ends: 20:38:36 PST.
The Suparco spokesman further stated that a natural phenomenon of moon eclipse will occur on May 4/5.
The eclipse will be visible from Asia (including Pakistan), Europe, Africa and Australia.
It was also pointed out that all phases of moon eclipse will occur in Pakistan.

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