Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.3509 |
Magnitude | 0.9326 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 445 s (7 min 25 s) |
Coordinates | 22°00′S 114°30′W / 22°S 114.5°W |
Max. width of band | 266 km (165 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 18:46:13 |
References | |
Saros | 144 (17 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9562 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, with a magnitude of 0.9326. 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 wide.
Other than Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile and the north of the Falkland Islands,[1] the path of the eclipse's antumbra will be entirely over the Pacific Ocean. The penumbra will be visible from southern South America, Hawaii, the southwesternmost parts of Mexico (more specifically, Baja California del Sur and Jalisco), and portions of Antarctica. Approximately 175,000 people live in the path of annularity.[2][3] The eclipse’s magnitude will be 0.93261, occurring only 56 minutes before apogee.
The next solar eclipse occurs on March 29, 2025.
Images[edit]
Details of the antumbra in some places or cities[edit]
Country or Territory | Place or City | Start
of |
Start of annular eclipse (Local Time) |
End of annular eclipse (Local Time) |
Duration of annular eclipse |
End of partial eclipse (Local Time) |
Maximum darkness | Magnitude |
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Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso Region | 12:23:49 | 14:04:05 | 14:10:24 | 6 min 19 s | 15:52:23 | 86,9% | 0,932 |
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Tortel, Aysén Region | 15:56:48 | 17:20:04 | 17:26:24 | 6 min 20 s | 18:41:50 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
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Villa O'Higgins, Aysén Region | 15:58:12 | 17:21:05 | 17:26:37 | 5 min 32 s | 18:41:49 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
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Cochrane, Aysén Region | 15:57:55 | 17:21:15 | 17:27:09 | 5 min 54 s | 18:42:30 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
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Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz Province | 16:01:02 | 17:22:40 | 17:28:28 | 5 min 48 s | 18:42:27 | 85,5% | 0,925 |
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Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz Province | 16:03:57 | 17:24:27 | 17:29:49 | 5 min 22 s | 18:42:48 | 85,4% | 0,924 |
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Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province | 16:06:06 | 17:27:12 | 17:30:58 | 3 min 45 s | 18:44:14 | 85,4% | 0,924 |
Related eclipses[edit]
The 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.[4] It is also part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events.
Eclipses of 2024[edit]
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25.
- A total solar eclipse on April 8.
- A partial lunar eclipse on September 18.
- An annular solar eclipse on October 2.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
Solar Saros 144[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 4, 2111
Solar eclipses of 2022–2025[edit]
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.[5]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025 | ||||||
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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 144[edit]
It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.
Series members 11–21 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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11 | 12 | 13 |
![]() July 30, 1916 |
![]() August 10, 1934 |
![]() August 20, 1952 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
![]() August 31, 1970 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() September 22, 2006 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
![]() October 2, 2024 |
![]() October 14, 2042 |
![]() October 24, 2060 |
20 | 21 | |
![]() November 4, 2078 |
![]() November 15, 2096 |
Tritos series[edit]
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.
Series members between 1901 and 2100 | |||
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![]() September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
![]() August 10, 1915 (Saros 134) |
![]() July 9, 1926 (Saros 135) | |
![]() June 8, 1937 (Saros 136) |
![]() May 9, 1948 (Saros 137) |
![]() April 8, 1959 (Saros 138) | |
![]() March 7, 1970 (Saros 139) |
![]() February 4, 1981 (Saros 140) |
![]() January 4, 1992 (Saros 141) | |
![]() December 4, 2002 (Saros 142) |
![]() November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) |
![]() October 2, 2024 (Saros 144) | |
![]() September 2, 2035 (Saros 145) |
![]() August 2, 2046 (Saros 146) |
![]() July 1, 2057 (Saros 147) | |
![]() May 31, 2068 (Saros 148) |
![]() May 1, 2079 (Saros 149) |
![]() March 31, 2090 (Saros 150) |
Metonic series[edit]
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 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
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July 21–22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
![]() July 22, 1971 |
![]() May 11, 1975 |
![]() February 26, 1979 |
![]() December 15, 1982 |
![]() October 3, 1986 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
![]() July 22, 1990 |
![]() May 10, 1994 |
![]() February 26, 1998 |
![]() December 14, 2001 |
![]() October 3, 2005 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
![]() July 22, 2009 |
![]() May 10, 2013 |
![]() February 26, 2017 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() October 2, 2024 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
![]() July 22, 2028 |
![]() May 9, 2032 |
![]() February 27, 2036 |
![]() December 15, 2039 |
![]() October 3, 2043 |
156 | ||||
![]() July 22, 2047 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "An annular solar eclipse on October 2, 2024". earthsky.org. October 1, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "What the Eclipse Will Look Like near the Maximum Point". Time and Date. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ Carter, Jamie (April 9, 2024). "Annular solar eclipse 2024: Everything you need to know about the next solar eclipse". Space.com. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
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External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC