Solar_eclipse_of_October_14,_2004

Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004

21st-century partial solar eclipse

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 13–14, 2004.^[1]^[2] 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. It was the 54th eclipse of the 124th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on March 6, 1049 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347.

Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...

Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.0348
Magnitude	0.9282
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61.2°N 153.7°W / 61.2; -153.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	3:00:23
References
Saros	124 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9518

Images

Animated path

Related eclipses

Eclipse season

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 28 October 2004 Total Lunar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2004

A partial solar eclipse on April 19.
A total lunar eclipse on May 4.
A partial solar eclipse on October 14.
A total lunar eclipse on October 28.

Saros 124

Solar saros 124, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211, to September 22, 1968, and a hybrid solar eclipse on October 3, 1986. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. The longest total eclipse occurred on May 3, 1734, at 5 minutes and 46 seconds.^[3]

More information Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100: ...

Series members 43–59 occur between 1801 and 2100:
43	44	45
June 16, 1806	June 26, 1824	July 8, 1842
46	47	48
July 18, 1860	July 29, 1878	August 9, 1896
49	50	51
August 21, 1914	August 31, 1932	September 12, 1950
52	53	54
September 22, 1968	October 3, 1986	October 14, 2004
55	56	57
October 25, 2022	November 4, 2040	November 16, 2058
58	59
November 26, 2076	December 7, 2094

Solar eclipses 2004–2007

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.^[4]

More information Ascending node, Descending node ...

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004 to 2007
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
Ascending node			Descending node
119	2004 April 19 Partial (south)	−1.13345	124	2004 October 14 Partial (north)	1.03481
129 Partial from Naiguatá	2005 April 08 Hybrid	−0.34733	134 Annular from Madrid, Spain	2005 October 03 Annular	0.33058
139 Total from Side, Turkey	2006 March 29 Total	0.38433	144 Partial from São Paulo, Brazil	2006 September 22 Annular	−0.40624
149 From Jaipur, India	2007 March 19 Partial (north)	1.07277	154 From Córdoba, Argentina	2007 September 11 Partial (south)	−1.12552

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.^[5]

More information Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065, May 20–21 ...

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

References

[1]
"'Almost eclipse' will be in this afternoon's sky". Pacific Daily News. 2004-10-14. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
[2]
"Sky Watch". Albuquerque Journal. 2004-10-13. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
[3]
Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
[4]
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.
[5]
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.

External links

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2004Oct14P.GIF
- Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA

Photos:

Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
Partial Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2004^{[permanent dead link]}, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan by Toshimi Taki
Report (0,371 max.phase) from Khabarovsk, Russia

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