Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Partial from Saratov, Russia
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.0701
Magnitude	0.8623
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61°36′N 77°24′E / 61.6°N 77.4°E / 61.6; 77.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	11:01:20
References
Saros	124 (55 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9558

The solar eclipse of October 25, 2022, was a partial solar eclipse^[1][2][3][4] visible from Europe, the Urals and Western Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia, South Asia and from the north-east of Africa. The maximal phase of the partial eclipse occurred on the West Siberian Plain in Russia near Nizhnevartovsk, where more than 82% of the Sun was eclipsed by the Moon. In India, the Sun was eclipsed during sunset ranging from 58% in the north and around 2% in the south. From Western Europe it appeared to be around 15-30% eclipsed. It was visible between 08:58 UTC, the greatest point of eclipse occurred at 11:00 UTC and it ended at 13:02 UTC.

A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Gallery

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  Telescopic view from Milton Keynes, England, 10:02 UTC
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  From Novate Milanese, Italy, 10:08 UTC
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  From Lutkówka, Poland, 10:11 UTC
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  From Berlin, Germany, 10:24 UTC
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  From Žilina, Slovak Republic, 10:39 UTC
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  From Moscow, Russia, 10:47 UTC
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  From Poltava, Ukraine, 10:48 UTC
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  Telescopic view from Istanbul, Turkey, 11:02 UTC
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  Observed in Kiryat Ata, Israel
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  From Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 12:07 UTC
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  From Bhubaneswar, India, 12:11 UTC
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  Animation from Belfort, France
• A transit of a bird during the eclipse from Kumbakonam, India
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  Birds passing by while eclipse is happening. Ankara, Turkey, at 10:43 UTC

Related eclipses

Saros 124

Solar saros 124, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211, to September 22, 1968, and a hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest total eclipse occurred on May 3, 1734, at 5 minutes and 46 seconds.^[5]

Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100:
43	44	45
June 16, 1806	June 26, 1824	July 8, 1842
46	47	48
July 18, 1860	July 29, 1878	August 9, 1896
49	50	51
August 21, 1914	August 31, 1932	September 12, 1950
52	53	54
September 22, 1968	October 3, 1986	October 14, 2004
55	56	57
October 25, 2022	November 4, 2040	November 16, 2058
58	59
November 26, 2076	December 7, 2094

Solar eclipses of 2022–2025

This eclipse is a member of a 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.^[6]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022–2025

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
119 Partial from CTIO, Chile	2022 April 30 Partial	−1.19008		124 Partial from Saratov, Russia	2022 October 25 Partial	1.07014
129 Total from East Timor	2023 April 20 Hybrid	−0.39515		134 Annular from Campeche, Mexico	2023 October 14 Annular	0.37534
139	2024 April 8 Total	0.34314		144	2024 October 2 Annular	−0.35087
149	2025 March 29 Partial	1.04053		154	2025 September 21 Partial	−1.06509

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 descending node.

21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087
May 31 – June 1	March 19–20	January 5–6	October 24–25	August 12–13
118	120	122	124	126
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	130	132	134	136
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	140	142	144	146
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	150	152	154	156
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
158	160	162	164	166
June 1, 2087			October 24, 2098

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 2022 October 25.

External links

•https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/10/20/solar-eclipse-2022-everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-weeks-partial-eclipse-of-the-sun/amp/