Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
	Map
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 on October 2, 2024. 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.

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Related eclipses

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.^[1]

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 129

It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 . All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.^[2]

Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
46	47	48
February 14, 1915	February 24, 1933	March 7, 1951
49	50	51
March 18, 1969	March 29, 1987	April 8, 2005
52	53	54
April 20, 2023	April 30, 2041	May 11, 2059
55	56
May 22, 2077	June 2, 2095

Metonic cycle

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
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