Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 28, 1930, with a magnitude of 1.0003. It was a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at the start and end as an annular eclipse. 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 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 between the annularity paths across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.2 days after apogee (on April 21, 1930, at 13:50 UTC) and 6 days before perigee (on May 4, 1930, at 19:50 UTC).

Annularity was first visible in the eastern Pacific Ocean, then totality from California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, with annularity continuing northeast across the remainder of Montana and into central and eastern Canada and northern Labrador of the Dominion of Newfoundland (today's Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Hawaii, North America, and the northern Soviet Union.