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Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004

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Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0348
Magnitude0.9282
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°12′N 153°42′W / 61.2°N 153.7°W / 61.2; -153.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:00:23
References
Saros124 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9518

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 14, 2004. 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.

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Animated path

Solar eclipses 2004-2008

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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004 to 2007
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119 April 19, 2004

Partial
−1.13345 124 October 14, 2004

Partial
1.03481
129

Partial in Naiguatá, Venezuela
April 8, 2005

Hybrid
−0.34733 134

Annularity in Madrid, Spain
October 3, 2005

Annular
0.33058
139

Totality in Side, Turkey
March 29, 2006

Total
0.38433 144

Partial in São Paulo, Brazil
September 22, 2006

Annular
−0.40624
149

Partial in Jaipur, India
March 19, 2007

Partial
1.07277 154

Partial in Córdoba, Argentina
September 11, 2007

Partial
−1.12552

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

References

  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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