| Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 1 |
| Magnitude | 0.9868 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | - |
| Coordinates | 70.6S 131.3E |
| Max. width of band | - km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| (P1) Partial begin | 3:52:38 |
| (U1) Total begin | 5:47:50 |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:04:33 |
| (U4) Total end | 6:09:20 |
| (P4) Partial end | 8:14:28 |
| References | |
| Saros | 148 (21 of 75) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9539 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on April 29, 2014. 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.
The center of the moons shadow misses the south pole of the earth, but the partial eclipse will be visible from parts of Antarctica and Australia.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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| 118 | June 1, 2011 Partial |
123 | November 25, 2011 Partial |
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| 128 | May 20, 2012 Annular |
133 | November 13, 2012 Total |
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| 138 | May 10, 2013 Annular |
143 | November 3, 2013 Hybrid |
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| 148 | April 29, 2014 Annular |
153 | October 23, 2014 Partial |
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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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029.
| July 10-11 | April 29-30 | February 15-16 | December 4 | September 21-23 |
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| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 11, 1953 |
April 30, 1957 |
February 15, 1961 |
December 4, 1964 |
September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 10, 1972 |
April 29, 1976 |
February 16, 1980 |
December 4, 1983 |
September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 11, 1991 |
April 29, 1995 |
February 16, 1999 |
December 4, 2002 |
September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 11, 2010 |
April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
December 4, 2021 |
September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
July 11, 2029 |
