Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014

Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
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 Japan, and before sunset (October 23) across most of North America.

Animated path

Visibility

The partial eclipse was visible in most of North America.

Gallery

• 
  Simulated greatest partiality from Nunavut, Canada at sunset
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  Partial solar eclipse October 23, 2014 at 21:25:57 UTC from San Jose, California.
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota, 21:34 UTC. The eclipse coincided with giant sunspot region 2192, the largest seen in 24 years.^[1]
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota, 22:35:23 UTC, wide angle, 30 minutes before sunset
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota, 22:36 UTC, greatest eclipse
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota, 22:54:12 UTC, 11 minutes before sunset
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  Partial solar eclipse, Coralville, Iowa, 22:55:58 UTC
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota, time lapse images

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

Each member 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. Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011, and July 1, 2011, occur in the previous semester series.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–14
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
118	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	April 29, 2014 Annular		153 Partial from Minneapolis	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

References

1. Gentle giant sunspot region 2192

External links

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

• Partial Solar Eclipse 23 October 2014 from start to maximum on YouTube
• Nontechnical information at NASA SSERVI
• Sunspots and Solar Eclipse APOD 10/25/2014