# Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 14, 2042, with a magnitude of 0.93. 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 9 hours before apogee (on October 14, 2042, at 11:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Australia, and New Zealand. A partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

## Images

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## 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.
October 14, 2042 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2042 October 13 at 22:57:13.3 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2042 October 14 at 00:04:10.2 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2042 October 14 at 00:07:16.8 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2042 October 14 at 00:10:23.8 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2042 October 14 at 01:24:38.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2042 October 14 at 02:00:41.9 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2042 October 14 at 02:04:20.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2042 October 14 at 02:14:59.1 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2042 October 14 at 02:19:43.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2042 October 14 at 02:36:17.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2042 October 14 at 03:50:47.6 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2042 October 14 at 03:53:55.3 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2042 October 14 at 03:57:02.4 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2042 October 14 at 05:04:03.6 UTC |
October 14, 2042 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.93005 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.86500 |
| Gamma | −0.30304 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 13h17m05.8s |
| Sun Declination | -08°08'35.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'01.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 13h16m35.0s |
| Moon Declination | -08°23'00.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'41.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°53'56.6" |
| ΔT | 80.0 s |

## Eclipse season

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
Eclipse season of September–October 2042 :
| September 29 Ascending node (full moon) | October 14 Descending node (new moon) | October 28 Ascending node (full moon) |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 156 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2042

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 5.
* A total solar eclipse on April 20.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 29.
* An annular solar eclipse on October 14.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 28.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2051

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053

### Solar Saros 144

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2071

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2129

### Solar eclipses of 2040–2043

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.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2040 to 2043 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 119 | May 11, 2040 Partial | −1.2529 | 124 | November 4, 2040 Partial | 1.0993 |
| 129 | April 30, 2041 Total | −0.4492 | 134 | October 25, 2041 Annular | 0.4133 |
| 139 | April 20, 2042 Total | 0.2956 | 144 | October 14, 2042 Annular | −0.303 |
| 149 | April 9, 2043 Total (non-central) | 1.0031 | 154 | October 3, 2043 Annular (non-central) | 1.0102 |

### Saros 144

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
Series members 5–26 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 5 | 6 | 7 |
| May 25, 1808 | June 5, 1826 | June 16, 1844 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 |
| June 27, 1862 | July 7, 1880 | July 18, 1898 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 |
| July 30, 1916 | August 10, 1934 | August 20, 1952 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
| August 31, 1970 | September 11, 1988 | September 22, 2006 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
| October 2, 2024 | October 14, 2042 | October 24, 2060 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
| November 4, 2078 | November 15, 2096 | November 27, 2114 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
| December 7, 2132 | December 19, 2150 | December 29, 2168 |
| 26 |
| January 9, 2187 |

### 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 May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069 :
| May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
| 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 |
| May 20, 2069 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| August 28, 1802 (Saros 122) | July 27, 1813 (Saros 123) | June 26, 1824 (Saros 124) | May 27, 1835 (Saros 125) | April 25, 1846 (Saros 126) |
| March 25, 1857 (Saros 127) | February 23, 1868 (Saros 128) | January 22, 1879 (Saros 129) | December 22, 1889 (Saros 130) | November 22, 1900 (Saros 131) |
| October 22, 1911 (Saros 132) | September 21, 1922 (Saros 133) | August 21, 1933 (Saros 134) | July 20, 1944 (Saros 135) | June 20, 1955 (Saros 136) |
| May 20, 1966 (Saros 137) | April 18, 1977 (Saros 138) | March 18, 1988 (Saros 139) | February 16, 1999 (Saros 140) | January 15, 2010 (Saros 141) |
| December 14, 2020 (Saros 142) | November 14, 2031 (Saros 143) | October 14, 2042 (Saros 144) | September 12, 2053 (Saros 145) | August 12, 2064 (Saros 146) |
| July 13, 2075 (Saros 147) | June 11, 2086 (Saros 148) | May 11, 2097 (Saros 149) | April 11, 2108 (Saros 150) | March 11, 2119 (Saros 151) |
| February 8, 2130 (Saros 152) | January 8, 2141 (Saros 153) | December 8, 2151 (Saros 154) | November 7, 2162 (Saros 155) | October 7, 2173 (Saros 156) |
| September 4, 2184 (Saros 157) | August 5, 2195 (Saros 158) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| March 24, 1811 (Saros 136) | March 4, 1840 (Saros 137) | February 11, 1869 (Saros 138) |
| January 22, 1898 (Saros 139) | January 3, 1927 (Saros 140) | December 14, 1955 (Saros 141) |
| November 22, 1984 (Saros 142) | November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) | October 14, 2042 (Saros 144) |
| September 23, 2071 (Saros 145) | September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) | August 15, 2129 (Saros 147) |
| July 25, 2158 (Saros 148) | July 6, 2187 (Saros 149) | |