Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024,[1] 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. Occurring about 2 hours before apogee (on October 2, 2024, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]
Other than Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile and the north of the Falkland Islands,[3] the path of the eclipse's antumbra occurred over the Pacific Ocean. The penumbra was visible from Hawaii, eastern Oceania, southern and central South America, 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.[4][5]
Images
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Animated path
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Annular eclipse from Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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Partial eclipse from Uruguay
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Annular eclipse from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
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Eclipse chasers at Ahu Tahai, Hanga Roa, on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) observing the October 2024 Annular Eclipse.
Details of the antumbra in some places or cities
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 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 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Tortel, Aysén Region | 15:56:48 | 17:20:04 | 17:26:24 | 6 min 20 s | 18:41:50 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 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 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Cochrane, Aysén Region | 15:57:55 | 17:21:15 | 17:27:09 | 5 min 54 s | 18:42:30 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 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 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 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 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 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 |
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[6]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2024 October 2 at 15:44:08.1 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2024 October 2 at 17:32:12.9 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2024 October 2 at 16:54:48.8 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 2 at 16:57:52.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 2 at 18:16:51.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2024 October 2 at 18:46:13.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2024 October 2 at 18:50:26.2 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2024 October 2 at 18:54:11.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2024 October 2 at 19:09:14.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 2 at 19:15:02.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 2 at 20:34:19.4 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2024 October 2 at 20:37:23.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2024 October 2 at 20:40:27.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2024 October 2 at 21:48:09.7 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.93261 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.86975 |
| Gamma | −0.35087 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 12h36m58.9s |
| Sun Declination | -03°59'03.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'58.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 12h36m22.3s |
| Moon Declination | -04°15'35.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'41.8" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°53'56.4" |
| ΔT | 71.7 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| September 18 Ascending node (full moon) |
October 2 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2024Sep18.png | File:SE2024Oct02A.png |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118 |
Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2024
- 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
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
Solar Saros 144
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 4, 2111
Solar eclipses of 2022–2025
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Saros 144
Template:Solar Saros series 144
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.
| 21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
| File:SE1971Jul22P.png July 22, 1971 |
File:SE1975May11P.png May 11, 1975 |
File:SE1979Feb26T.png February 26, 1979 |
File:SE1982Dec15P.png December 15, 1982 |
File:SE1986Oct03H.png October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
| File:SE1990Jul22T.png July 22, 1990 |
File:SE1994May10A.png May 10, 1994 |
File:SE1998Feb26T.png February 26, 1998 |
File:SE2001Dec14A.png December 14, 2001 |
File:SE2005Oct03A.png October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
| File:SE2009Jul22T.png July 22, 2009 |
File:SE2013May10A.png May 10, 2013 |
File:SE2017Feb26A.png February 26, 2017 |
File:SE2020Dec14T.png December 14, 2020 |
File:SE2024Oct02A.png October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| File:SE2028Jul22T.png July 22, 2028 |
File:SE2032May09A.png May 9, 2032 |
File:SE2036Feb27P.png February 27, 2036 |
File:SE2039Dec15T.png December 15, 2039 |
File:SE2043Oct03A.png October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
| File:SE2047Jul22P.png July 22, 2047 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2002 December 4
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2024 October 2
See also
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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