| Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.3509 |
| Magnitude | 0.9326 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 7m 25s |
| Coordinates | 22S 114.5W |
| Max. width of band | 266 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:46:13 |
| References | |
| Saros | 144 (17 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9562 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 2, 2024. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Animated path
This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 119 | April 30, 2022 Partial |
124 | October 25, 2022 Partial |
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| 129 | April 20, 2023 Hybrid |
134 | October 14, 2023 Annular |
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| 139 | April 8, 2024 Total |
144 | October 2, 2024 Annular |
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| 149 | March 29, 2025 Partial |
154 | September 21, 2025 Partial |
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It is a part of Saros cycle 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 80 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses on May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969, hybrid eclipses on April 8, 2005 and April 20, 2023 and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131 .[1]
Series members 46-56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
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February 14, 1915 |
February 24, 1933 |
March 7, 1951 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
March 18, 1969 |
March 29, 1987 |
April 8, 2005 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
April 20, 2023 |
April 30, 2041 |
May 11, 2059 |
| 55 | 56 | |
May 22, 2077 |
June 2, 2095 |
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).
| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
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| 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 |
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