# Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, October 23, 2014, with a magnitude of 0.8114. 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.

## 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

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

## 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 23, 2014 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2014 October 23 at 19:38:40.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2014 October 23 at 21:12:30.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2014 October 23 at 21:45:39.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2014 October 23 at 21:57:47.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2014 October 23 at 23:52:48.0 UTC |
October 23, 2014 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.81141 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.74623 |
| Gamma | 1.09078 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 13h53m11.9s |
| Sun Declination | -11°36'45.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'04.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 13h54m15.8s |
| Moon Declination | -10°37'52.6" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'15.5" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°55'59.9" |
| ΔT | 67.5 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 October 2014 :
| October 8 Descending node (full moon) | October 23 Ascending node (new moon) |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 127 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 153 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 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.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 17, 2005
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2023

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025

### Solar Saros 153

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 24, 2101

### Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

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.
The partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 118 Partial in Tromsø, Norway | June 1, 2011 Partial | 1.21300 | 123 Hinode XRT footage | November 25, 2011 Partial | −1.05359 |
| 128 Annularity in Red Bluff, CA, USA | May 20, 2012 Annular | 0.48279 | 133 Totality in Mount Carbine, Queensland, Australia | November 13, 2012 Total | −0.37189 |
| 138 Annularity in Churchills Head, Australia | May 10, 2013 Annular | −0.26937 | 143 Partial in Libreville, Gabon | November 3, 2013 Hybrid | 0.32715 |
| 148 Partial in Adelaide, Australia | April 29, 2014 Annular (non-central) | −0.99996 | 153 Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA | October 23, 2014 Partial | 1.09078 |

### Saros 153

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 153, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 28, 1870. It contains annular eclipses from December 17, 2104 through May 26, 2970. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114. 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 38 at 7 minutes, 1 seconds on September 5, 2537. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 1–19 occur between 1870 and 2200: :
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| July 28, 1870 | August 7, 1888 | August 20, 1906 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| August 30, 1924 | September 10, 1942 | September 20, 1960 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| October 2, 1978 | October 12, 1996 | October 23, 2014 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 |
| November 3, 2032 | November 14, 2050 | November 24, 2068 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 |
| December 6, 2086 | December 17, 2104 | December 28, 2122 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
| January 8, 2141 | January 19, 2159 | January 29, 2177 |
| 19 |
| February 10, 2195 |

### 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 |

### 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.
The partial solar eclipses on November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2069 :
| June 6, 1807 (Saros 134) | May 5, 1818 (Saros 135) | April 3, 1829 (Saros 136) | March 4, 1840 (Saros 137) | February 1, 1851 (Saros 138) |
| December 31, 1861 (Saros 139) | November 30, 1872 (Saros 140) | October 30, 1883 (Saros 141) | September 29, 1894 (Saros 142) | August 30, 1905 (Saros 143) |
| July 30, 1916 (Saros 144) | June 29, 1927 (Saros 145) | May 29, 1938 (Saros 146) | April 28, 1949 (Saros 147) | March 27, 1960 (Saros 148) |
| February 25, 1971 (Saros 149) | January 25, 1982 (Saros 150) | December 24, 1992 (Saros 151) | November 23, 2003 (Saros 152) | October 23, 2014 (Saros 153) |
| September 21, 2025 (Saros 154) | August 21, 2036 (Saros 155) | July 22, 2047 (Saros 156) | June 21, 2058 (Saros 157) | May 20, 2069 (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 13, 1812 (Saros 146) | February 21, 1841 (Saros 147) | January 31, 1870 (Saros 148) |
| January 11, 1899 (Saros 149) | December 24, 1927 (Saros 150) | December 2, 1956 (Saros 151) |
| November 12, 1985 (Saros 152) | October 23, 2014 (Saros 153) | October 3, 2043 (Saros 154) |
| September 12, 2072 (Saros 155) | August 24, 2101 (Saros 156) | August 4, 2130 (Saros 157) |
| July 15, 2159 (Saros 158) | June 24, 2188 (Saros 159) | |