Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 | |
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![]() 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 October 23, 2014. 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.[1]
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.[2][Note 1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–2014 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118![]() Partial from Tromsø, Norway |
2011 June 01![]() Partial (north) |
1.2130 | 123 | 2011 November 25![]() Partial (south) |
-1.0536 | |
128![]() Middlegate, Nevada |
2012 May 20![]() Annular |
0.4828 | 133![]() Cairns, Australia |
2012 November 13![]() Total |
-0.3719 | |
138 Churchills Head, Australia |
2013 May 10![]() Annular |
-0.2693 | 143 Partial from Libreville, Gabon |
2013 November 03![]() Hybrid |
0.3271 | |
148![]() Partial from Adelaide, Australia |
2014 April 29![]() Annular (non-central) |
-0.9999 | 153![]() Partial from Minneapolis |
2014 October 23![]() Partial (north) |
1.0908 |
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 | ||||
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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[]
- ^ "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.
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External links[]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- 2014 in science
- 21st-century solar eclipses
- Partial solar eclipses
- October 2014 events
- Solar eclipse stubs