Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
From Minneapolis, near greatest eclipse
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0908
Magnitude0.8114
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°12′N 97°12′W / 71.2°N 97.2°W / 71.2; -97.2
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin19:37:30
Greatest eclipse21:45:39
(P4) Partial end23:51:36
References
Saros153 (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

Eclipses of 2014

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 2011–2014
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
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

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

References

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