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 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.

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

Visibility

The partial eclipse was visible in most of North America, as well as eastern Siberia.

Gallery

Simulated greatest partiality from Nunavut, Canada at sunset
Minneapolis, 21:34 UTC. The eclipse coincided with giant sunspot region 2192, the largest seen in 24 years.^[1]
San Jose, California, 21:34 UTC
Superior National Forest, 21:42 UTC
Joshua Tree National Park, 21:43 UTC
Joshua Tree National Park, 22:14 UTC
Mentor, Ohio, 22:19 UTC
College of DuPage, 22:28 UTC
Mountain View, California, 22:33 UTC
Minneapolis, 22:35 UTC
Melbourne, Florida, 22:38 UTC
Denver, Colorado, 22:40 UTC
Cupertino, California, 22:47 UTC
Telescopic projection of the eclipse in Cupertino, California
Minneapolis at sunset, 22:54 UTC
Coralville, Iowa at sunset, 22:56 UTC
Van Nuys, California, 23:06 UTC
Time lapsed image from Melbourne, Florida
Composite image from Minneapolis

Related eclipses

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 2011–14
Descending node		Ascending node
Saros	Map	Saros	Map
118 Partial from Tromsø, Norway	June 1, 2011 Partial	123	November 25, 2011 Partial
128 Middlegate, Nevada	May 20, 2012 Annular	133 Ellis Beach, Queensland	November 13, 2012 Total
138 Churchills Head, Australia	May 10, 2013 Annular	143 Partial from Accra, Ghana	November 3, 2013 Hybrid
148 Partial from Adelaide, AU	April 29, 2014 Annular	153 Partial from Minneapolis, MN	October 23, 2014 Partial

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).

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

External links

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

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

[1] "Gentle giant sunspot region 2192".

[2] 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.