Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Introduction A partial solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, October 23, 2014, with a magnitude of 0.81141.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. Occurring only 5.7 days after apogee (Apogee on October 18, 2014), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.It was the 9th eclipse of the 153rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on July 28, 1870 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on August 22, 3114.
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.File:SE2014Oct23P.gifAnimated path
Gallery Solar_eclipse_of_October_23_2014_greatest_partiality.png|Simulated greatest partiality from Nunavut, Canada at sunsetSolar Eclipse 085 (15429519910).jpg|Seattle, Washington, 21:21 UTCPartial solar eclipse October 23, 2014 San Jose.jpg|San Jose, California, 21:26 UTC. The eclipse coincided with giant sunspot region 2192, the largest seen in 24 years.Solar eclipse of October 23 2014 start of partial.jpg|Minneapolis, Minnesota at 21:34 UTCDSCN2587 (15611970435).jpg|Buchanan, Virginia, 21:44 UTCMaximum occlusion (14992410463).jpg|Austin, Texas, 22:00 UTCPartial Solar Eclipse of October 23, 2014 (15609084861).jpg|Joshua Tree National Park, 22:14 UTCSolar Eclipse (15428734687).jpg|Mentor, Ohio, 22:15 UTCToday’s solar eclipse by pocket camera. A massive cluster of sunspots is visible in the foreground, as well as a transiting Romulan craft. (14992098254).jpg|Los Altos, California, 22:16 UTCCOD Astronomy Club Photographs Recent Solar and Lunar Eclipses 6 (15636092986).jpg|College of DuPage, 22:28 UTCSolar eclipse with sunspot 2192 (15587837156).jpg|Mountain View, California, 22:33 UTCPartial Solar Eclipse - October 23, 2014 (15426591868).jpg|Melbourne, Florida, 22:38 UTCSolar eclipse of October 23, 2014 in Denver.jpg|Denver, Colorado, 22:40 UTCSunspots (15610294321).jpg|Palo Alto, California, 22:42 UTCEclipse IMG 0716 (15442207687).jpg|Cupertino, California, 22:47 UTCSolar Eclipse October 2014 windchu.jpeg|Coralville, Iowa, 22:56 UTCPartial Solar Eclipse Sequence (15426702517).jpg|Composite image from Melbourne, FloridaSolar eclipse of October 23 2014 composite Ruen4.jpg|Composite image from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Related eclipses === Eclipses of 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.=== Solar eclipses 2011–2014===A total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, and a partial solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 occur during the next lunar year set.===Metonic series===
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External links **  Nontechnical information at NASA SSERVI* Sunspots and Solar Eclipse APOD 10/25/2014