Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014

Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
	From Minneapolis, near greatest eclipse
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.0908
Magnitude	0.8114
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	71°12′N 97°12′W / 71.2°N 97.2°W
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin	19:37:30
Greatest eclipse	21:45:39
(P4) Partial end	23:51:36
References
Saros	153 (9 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9540

A partial solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, October 23, 2014,^[1]^[2] with a magnitude of 0.81141. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. Occurring only 5.7 days after apogee (Apogee on October 18, 2014), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

It was the 9th eclipse of the 153rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on July 28, 1870 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114.

Viewing

The center of the Moon's shadow missed the Earth, passing above the North Pole, but a partial eclipse was visible at sunrise (October 24 local time) in far eastern Russia, and before sunset (October 23) across most of North America.

Animated path

Gallery

Simulated greatest partiality from Nunavut, Canada at sunset
Seattle, Washington, 21:21 UTC
San Jose, California, 21:26 UTC. The eclipse coincided with giant sunspot region 2192, the largest seen in 24 years.^[3]
Minneapolis, Minnesota at 21:34 UTC
Buchanan, Virginia, 21:44 UTC
Austin, Texas, 22:00 UTC
Joshua Tree National Park, 22:14 UTC
Mentor, Ohio, 22:15 UTC
Los Altos, California, 22:16 UTC
College of DuPage, 22:28 UTC
Mountain View, California, 22:33 UTC
Melbourne, Florida, 22:38 UTC
Denver, Colorado, 22:40 UTC
Palo Alto, California, 22:42 UTC
Cupertino, California, 22:47 UTC
Coralville, Iowa, 22:56 UTC
Composite image from Melbourne, Florida
Composite image from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2014

A total lunar eclipse on April 15.
A non-central annular solar eclipse on April 29.
A total lunar eclipse on October 8.
A partial solar eclipse on October 23.

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of the 2011–2014 solar eclipse semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[4]^{[Note 1]}

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
Descending node			Ascending node
118 Partial from Tromsø, Norway	2011 June 01 Partial (north)	1.21300	123 Hinode XRT footage	2011 November 25 Partial (south)	−1.05359
128 Middlegate, Nevada	2012 May 20 Annular	0.48279	133 Cairns, Australia	2012 November 13 Total	−0.37189
138 Churchills Head, Australia	2013 May 10 Annular	−0.26937	143 Partial from Libreville, Gabon	2013 November 03 Hybrid	0.32715
148 Partial from Adelaide, Australia	2014 April 29 Annular (non-central)	−0.99996	153 Partial from Minneapolis	2014 October 23 Partial (north)	1.09078

A total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, and a partial solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 occur during the next lunar year set.

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5	October 23-24	August 10-12	May 30-31	March 18-19
111	113	115	117	119
January 5, 1935		August 12, 1942	May 30, 1946	March 18, 1950
121	123	125	127	129
January 5, 1954	October 23, 1957	August 11, 1961	May 30, 1965	March 18, 1969
131	133	135	137	139
January 4, 1973	October 23, 1976	August 10, 1980	May 30, 1984	March 18, 1988
141	143	145	147	149
January 4, 1992	October 24, 1995	August 11, 1999	May 31, 2003	March 19, 2007
151	153	155
January 4, 2011	October 23, 2014	August 11, 2018

Notes

^ The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

References

^ "Valpo glimpses eclipse". The Times. 2014-10-24. p. A9. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sun and moon put on show". Merced Sun-Star. 2014-10-24. p. B1. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gentle giant sunspot region 2192".
^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

External links

Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Besselian elements

[5] The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

[Times20141024pA9-1] "Valpo glimpses eclipse". The Times. 2014-10-24. p. A9. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.

[Merced20141024pB1-2] "Sun and moon put on show". Merced Sun-Star. 2014-10-24. p. B1. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Gentle giant sunspot region 2192".

[4] van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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