An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, October 3, 2005,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.958.

Occurring about 4.75 days after apogee (on September 28, 2005, at 16:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

[4] Annularity was visible from a narrow corridor through Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

The antumbra reached Madrid, Spain at 08:56 UT, lasting four minutes and eleven seconds and 90% of the Sun was covered by the Moon.

The antumbra reached Algiers at 09:05 UT, then passed through Tunisia and Libya before heading southeast through Sudan, Kenya and Somalia.

[5] The maximum eclipse duration occurred in central Sudan at 10:31:42 UT, where it lasted for 4m 31s when the Sun was 71° above the horizon.

Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee).