Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
From Minneapolis, near greatest eclipse
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 / 71.2; -97.2
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 Thursday, October 23, 2014,^[1][2] with a magnitude of 0.81141. 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. Occurring only 5.7 days after apogee (Apogee on October 18, 2014), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

It was the 9th eclipse of the 153rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on July 28, 1870 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114.

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 before sunset (October 23) across most of North America.

Animated path

Gallery

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  Simulated greatest partiality from Nunavut, Canada at sunset
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  Seattle, Washington, 21:21 UTC
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  San Jose, California, 21:26 UTC. The eclipse coincided with giant sunspot region 2192, the largest seen in 24 years.^[3]
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  Minneapolis, Minnesota at 21:34 UTC
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  Buchanan, Virginia, 21:44 UTC
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  Austin, Texas, 22:00 UTC
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  Joshua Tree National Park, 22:14 UTC
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  Mentor, Ohio, 22:15 UTC
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  Los Altos, California, 22:16 UTC
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  College of DuPage, 22:28 UTC
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  Mountain View, California, 22:33 UTC
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  Melbourne, Florida, 22:38 UTC
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  Denver, Colorado, 22:40 UTC
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  Palo Alto, California, 22:42 UTC
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  Cupertino, California, 22:47 UTC
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  Coralville, Iowa, 22:56 UTC
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  Composite image from Melbourne, Florida
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  Composite image from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2014

• A total lunar eclipse on April 15.
• A non-central annular solar eclipse on April 29.
• A total lunar eclipse on October 8.
• A partial solar eclipse on October 23.

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of the 2011–2014 solar eclipse 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][Note 1]}

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–2014

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
118 Partial from Tromsø, Norway	2011 June 01 Partial (north)	1.21300		123 Hinode XRT footage	2011 November 25 Partial (south)	−1.05359
128 Middlegate, Nevada	2012 May 20 Annular	0.48279		133 Cairns, Australia	2012 November 13 Total	−0.37189
138 Churchills Head, Australia	2013 May 10 Annular	−0.26937		143 Partial from Libreville, Gabon	2013 November 03 Hybrid	0.32715
148 Partial from Adelaide, Australia	2014 April 29 Annular (non-central)	−0.99996		153 Partial from Minneapolis	2014 October 23 Partial (north)	1.09078

A total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, and a partial solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 occur during the next lunar year set.

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5	October 23-24	August 10-12	May 30-31	March 18-19
111	113	115	117	119
January 5, 1935		August 12, 1942	May 30, 1946	March 18, 1950
121	123	125	127	129
January 5, 1954	October 23, 1957	August 11, 1961	May 30, 1965	March 18, 1969
131	133	135	137	139
January 4, 1973	October 23, 1976	August 10, 1980	May 30, 1984	March 18, 1988
141	143	145	147	149
January 4, 1992	October 24, 1995	August 11, 1999	May 31, 2003	March 19, 2007
151	153	155
January 4, 2011	October 23, 2014	August 11, 2018