Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023

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Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
Annular Solar Eclipse as viewed within 170 meters (560 feet) of the eclipse centerline and within 1 second of maximum eclipse (Hobbs, New Mexico, USA).
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.3753
Magnitude0.952
Maximum eclipse
Duration317 s (5 min 17 s)
Coordinates11°24′N 83°06′W / 11.4°N 83.1°W / 11.4; -83.1
Max. width of band187 km (116 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:00:41
References
Saros134 (44 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9560
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse
Event typeSolar Eclipse
Duration2 hours 50 minutes
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An annular solar eclipse is currently underway as of now, October 14, 2023. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres or miles wide. Occurring only 4.6 days after apogee (Apogee on October 10, 2023), the Moon's apparent diameter will be small.

Visibility

United States

The path of the eclipse will begin to cross the United States in Oregon, entering at Dunes City, and passing over Newport, Crater Lake National Park, Umpqua and Fremont National Forests, Eugene, and Medford.[1] After passing over the northeast corner of California (in the Modoc National Forest), it will travel through Nevada (passing over Black Rock Desert, Winnemucca and Elko) and Utah (passing over Fishlake National Forest, Canyonlands National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Bluff).[1] After that, it will cover the northeast corner of Arizona (including Kayenta) and the southwest corner of Colorado (including Cortez and the Ute Mountain Reservation).[1] In New Mexico, it will pass over Farmington, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Roswell and Carlsbad.[1] Afterwards, it will enter Texas, passing over Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Kerrville, San Antonio and Corpus Christi before entering the Gulf of Mexico.[1] This will be the second annular eclipse visible from Albuquerque in 11 years, where it crosses the path of the May 2012 eclipse. It also coincides with the last day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Future total solar eclipses will cross the United States in April 2024 (12 states) (Saros 139, Ascending Node) and August 2045 (10 states) (Saros 136, Descending Node), and an annular solar eclipse will occur in June 2048 (9 states) (Saros 128, Descending Node).

Mexico

In Mexico, the eclipse will pass over the Yucatan Peninsula, covering Campeche City in Campeche State, Oxkutzcab in Yucatan State (coming close to Mérida), and Chetumal in Quintana Roo.[1]

Western Caribbean

In Western Cuba, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica all saw Partial eclipse 50% and above. The greatest of the Partial eclipse was seen over Western Cuba and the Cayman Islands.

Central America

In Belize, the eclipse will pass over Belmopan and Belize City before leaving land again; when it enters in Honduras, it will pass over La Ceiba and Catacamas, and in Nicaragua it will pass over Bluefields.[1] The point of greatest eclipse will occur near the coast of Nicaragua.[1] After that, in Costa Rica it will pass over Limon, and in Panama it will pass over Santiago and come close to Panama City. Its point of greatest duration will occur just off the coast of Nata, Panama.[1]

South America and Brazil

In South America, the eclipse will enter Colombia from the Pacific Ocean and pass over Pereira, Armenia, Cali, Ibagué and Neiva.[1] In Brazil, it will pass over the states of Amazonas (covering Fonte Boa, Tefé and Coari), Pará (covering Parauapebas and Xinguara), Tocantins (Araguaína) Maranhão (Balsas), Piauí (Picos), Ceará (Juazeiro do Norte), Pernambuco (Araripina), Paraíba (João Pessoa) and Rio Grande do Norte (Natal) before ending in the Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Gallery

  • Partial eclipse from Boise
    Partial eclipse from Boise
  • Seen through clouds from Winnemucca
    Seen through clouds from Winnemucca
  • Partial eclipse seen from Fremont
    Partial eclipse seen from Fremont
  • View later at Fremont
    View later at Fremont
  • Previous Photo Cropped
    Previous Photo Cropped
  • Partial solar eclipse from Kerrville.
    Partial solar eclipse from Kerrville.
  • Partial solar eclipse from Santa Ana, CA.
    Partial solar eclipse from Santa Ana, CA.

Related eclipses

Tzolkinex

Tritos

Half-Saros cycle

Solar Saros 134

Inex

Triad

Eclipses of 2023

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.[2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 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

Total from
Indianapolis, USA 		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

Saros 134

It is a part of Saros cycle 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554 and hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843, and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node.[3]

Series members 32–48 occur between 1801 and 2100:
32 33 34

June 6, 1807
June 16, 1825
June 27, 1843
35 36 37

July 8, 1861
July 19, 1879
July 29, 1897
38 39 40

August 10, 1915
August 21, 1933
September 1, 1951
41 42 43

September 11, 1969
September 23, 1987
October 3, 2005
44 45 46

October 14, 2023
October 25, 2041
November 5, 2059
47 48

November 15, 2077
November 27, 2095

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

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.[4]

Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065
May 20–21 March 8–9 December 25–26 October 13–14 August 1–2
98 100 102 104 106
May 21, 1955 March 9, 1959 December 26, 1962 October 14, 1966 August 2, 1970
108 110 112 114 116
May 21, 1974 March 9, 1978 December 26, 1981 October 14, 1985 August 1, 1989
118 120 122 124 126

May 21, 1993
March 9, 1997
December 25, 2000
October 14, 2004
August 1, 2008
128 130 132 134 136

May 20, 2012
March 9, 2016
December 26, 2019
October 14, 2023
August 2, 2027
138 140 142 144 146

May 21, 2031
March 9, 2035
December 26, 2038
October 14, 2042
August 2, 2046
148 150 152 154 156

May 20, 2050
March 9, 2054
December 26, 2057
October 13, 2061
August 2, 2065
158 160 162 164 166

May 20, 2069 		March 8, 2073 December 26, 2076 October 13, 2080 August 1, 2084

Citizen science

During the annular and total eclipses of 2023 and 2024, the GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) through the GLOBE Observer app will seek to collect information on air temperature, clouds, and wind. During the 2017 eclipse, citizen scientists contributed with over 80,000 observations of air temperature and 20,000 cloud observations.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k NASA – Annular Solar Eclipse of 2023 Oct 14
  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.
  3. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 134". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  4. ^ Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions in Freeth, Tony (2014). "Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103275. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3275F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103275. PMC 4116162. PMID 25075747.
  5. ^ "GLOBE Observer Eclipse". GLOBE Program Eclipse.
  6. ^ "Taking observations with Globe Observer Eclipse app". Globe Observer Taking observations with the Eclipse app.

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