# Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 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.
Other than Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile and the north of the Falkland Islands, 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.

## Images

Animated path
* Annular eclipse from Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
* Partial eclipse from Uruguay

## Details of the antumbra in some places or cities

Solar Eclipse of October 2, 2024 :
| Country or Territory | Place or City | Start of partial eclipse (Local Time) | 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 |
| Chile | 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 |
| Chile | Tortel, Aysén Region | 15:56:48 | 17:20:04 | 17:26:24 | 6 min 20 s | 18:41:50 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
| Chile | 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 |
| Chile | Cochrane, Aysén Region | 15:57:55 | 17:21:15 | 17:27:09 | 5 min 54 s | 18:42:30 | 85,6% | 0,925 |
| Argentina | 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 |
| Argentina | 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 |
| Argentina | 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.
October 2, 2024 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2024 October 02 at 15:44:08.1 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2024 October 02 at 17:32:12.9 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2024 October 02 at 16:54:48.8 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 02 at 16:57:52.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 02 at 18:16:51.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2024 October 02 at 18:46:13.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2024 October 02 at 18:50:26.2 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2024 October 02 at 18:54:11.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2024 October 02 at 19:09:14.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 02 at 19:15:02.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2024 October 02 at 20:34:19.4 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2024 October 02 at 20:37:23.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2024 October 02 at 20:40:27.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2024 October 02 at 21:48:09.7 UTC |
October 2, 2024 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| 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

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.
Eclipse season of September–October 2024 :
| September 18 Ascending node (full moon) | October 2 Descending node (new moon) |
| 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

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 2022 to 2025 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 119 Partial in CTIO, Chile | April 30, 2022 Partial | −1.19008 | 124 Partial from Saratov, Russia | October 25, 2022 Partial | 1.07014 |
| 129 Partial in Magetan, Indonesia | April 20, 2023 Hybrid | −0.39515 | 134 Annularity in Hobbs, NM, USA | October 14, 2023 Annular | 0.37534 |
| 139 Totality in Dallas, TX, USA | April 8, 2024 Total | 0.34314 | 144 Annularity in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | October 2, 2024 Annular | −0.35087 |
| 149 | March 29, 2025 Partial | 1.04053 | 154 | September 21, 2025 Partial | −1.06509 |

### 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 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 |
| July 22, 1971 | May 11, 1975 | February 26, 1979 | December 15, 1982 | October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
| July 22, 1990 | May 10, 1994 | February 26, 1998 | December 14, 2001 | October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
| July 22, 2009 | May 10, 2013 | February 26, 2017 | December 14, 2020 | October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| July 22, 2028 | May 9, 2032 | February 27, 2036 | December 15, 2039 | October 3, 2043 |
| 156 |
| July 22, 2047 |

### 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 :
| June 16, 1806 (Saros 124) | May 16, 1817 (Saros 125) | April 14, 1828 (Saros 126) | March 15, 1839 (Saros 127) | February 12, 1850 (Saros 128) |
| January 11, 1861 (Saros 129) | December 12, 1871 (Saros 130) | November 10, 1882 (Saros 131) | October 9, 1893 (Saros 132) | September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
| August 10, 1915 (Saros 134) | July 9, 1926 (Saros 135) | June 8, 1937 (Saros 136) | May 9, 1948 (Saros 137) | April 8, 1959 (Saros 138) |
| March 7, 1970 (Saros 139) | February 4, 1981 (Saros 140) | January 4, 1992 (Saros 141) | December 4, 2002 (Saros 142) | November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) |
| October 2, 2024 (Saros 144) | September 2, 2035 (Saros 145) | August 2, 2046 (Saros 146) | July 1, 2057 (Saros 147) | May 31, 2068 (Saros 148) |
| May 1, 2079 (Saros 149) | March 31, 2090 (Saros 150) | February 28, 2101 (Saros 151) | January 29, 2112 (Saros 152) | December 28, 2122 (Saros 153) |
| November 26, 2133 (Saros 154) | October 26, 2144 (Saros 155) | September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) | August 25, 2166 (Saros 157) | July 25, 2177 (Saros 158) |
| June 24, 2188 (Saros 159) | May 24, 2199 (Saros 160) |

### 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 :
| February 21, 1822 (Saros 137) | February 1, 1851 (Saros 138) | January 11, 1880 (Saros 139) |
| December 23, 1908 (Saros 140) | December 2, 1937 (Saros 141) | November 12, 1966 (Saros 142) |
| October 24, 1995 (Saros 143) | October 2, 2024 (Saros 144) | September 12, 2053 (Saros 145) |
| August 24, 2082 (Saros 146) | August 4, 2111 (Saros 147) | July 14, 2140 (Saros 148) |
| June 25, 2169 (Saros 149) | June 4, 2198 (Saros 150) | |