Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on October 14, 2023.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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres or miles wide. Occurring only 4.6 days after apogee (Apogee on October 10, 2023), the Moon's apparent diameter was small.
Visibility Animated map of the eclipse's path across North America and South America=== United States ===The path of the eclipse crossed the United States beginning in Oregon, entering at Dunes City, and passing over Newport, Crater Lake National Park, Eugene, and Medford. After passing over the northeast corner of California (in Modoc National Forest), it traveled through Nevada (passing over Black Rock Desert, Winnemucca and Elko) and Utah (passing over Canyonlands National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Bluff). After that, it covered the northeast corner of Arizona (including Kayenta) and the southwest corner of Colorado (including Cortez and the Ute Mountain Reservation). In New Mexico, it passed over Farmington, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Roswell, Hobbs, and Carlsbad. Afterwards, it entered Texas, passing over Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Kerrville, San Antonio and Corpus Christi before entering the Gulf of Mexico. This was the second annular eclipse visible from Albuquerque in 11 years, where it crossed the path of the May 2012 eclipse. It also coincided with the last day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.Future total solar eclipses will cross the United States in April 2024 (12 states) (Saros 139, Ascending Node) and August 2045 (10 states) (Saros 136, Descending Node), and an annular solar eclipse will occur in June 2048 (9 states) (Saros 128, Descending Node).=== Mexico ===In Mexico, the eclipse path passed over the Yucatan Peninsula, covering Campeche City in Campeche State, Oxkutzcab in Yucatan State (coming close to Mérida), and Chetumal in Quintana Roo.=== Western Caribbean ===In Western Cuba, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica all saw a partial eclipse (50% and above). The greatest of the partial eclipse was seen over Western Cuba and the Cayman Islands.=== Central America ===In Belize, the eclipse passed over Belmopan and Belize City before leaving land again; when it entered in Honduras, it passed over La Ceiba and Catacamas, and in Nicaragua it passed over Bluefields. The point of greatest eclipse occurred near the coast of Nicaragua. After that, in Costa Rica it passed over Limon, and in Panama it passed over Santiago and came close to Panama City. Its point of greatest duration occurred just off the coast of Nata, Panama.=== South America and Brazil ===In South America, the eclipse entered Colombia from the Pacific Ocean and passed over Pereira, Armenia, Cali, Ibagué and Neiva. In Brazil, it passed over the states of Amazonas (covering Fonte Boa, Tefé and Coari), Pará (covering Parauapebas and Xinguara), Tocantins (Araguaína) Maranhão (Balsas), Piauí (Picos), Ceará (Juazeiro do Norte), Pernambuco (Araripina), Paraíba (João Pessoa) and Rio Grande do Norte (Natal) before ending in the Atlantic Ocean.
Galleries === Videos and sequences ===file:Solar Eclipse of October 14, 2023 viewed from GOES 16.gif|Animation of the Moon's shadow moving across Earth; captured from the GOES-16 satellite.file:Eclipse annular albuqurque 2023-10-14.30fps.crf23.3840x2160.webm|thumbtime=7|Annular Eclipse timelapse video from Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New MexicoFile:EclipseSequence lg (53260903229).jpg|composite of 9 images taken in Hondo, TexasFile:2023-10-14 eclipse around annularity.jpg|progression of eclipse taken from fixed camera location taken in Petroglyph National Monument=== Annularity ===File:2023 annular solar eclipse from Winnemucca.jpg|Winnemucca, Nevada, USAFile:Mexican Hat, Utah.jpg|Mexican Hat, Utah, USAFile:Annular solar eclipse.jpg|Los Alamos, New Mexico, USAFile:2023 Annular Eclipse from White Rock, NM.jpg|Annularity in the H-Alpha part of the spectrum. White Rock, NMFile:2023 October 14 solar eclipse in Andrews, TX 79 (cropped).jpg|Andrews, Texas, USAFile:Ring of fire 2023 (cropped).jpg|Campeche, MexicoFile:Annual solar eclipse from Juazeiro do Norte October 4 2023.png|Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará   , Brazil=== Partiality ===File:Solar Eclipse October 14th Arkansas.jpg|Izard County, Arkansas, USAFile:2023 Annular solar eclipse, Partial from Fremont, California.jpg|Fremont, California, USAFile:Solar eclipse oct 14 2023.jpg|Santa Ana, California, USAFile:SM704920 Boise Annular Eclipse - Wikipedia.jpg|Boise, Idaho, USAFile:Partial solar eclipse October 14, 2023 from Kerville, Texas..png|Kerrville, Texas, USAFile:The October 14, 2023 Solar Eclipse from the National Weather Center.jpg|National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, USAFile:333 sin título 20231014124700.png|San Salvador, San Salvador Department, El SalvadorFile:Partial Solar Eclipse of October 2023 Belleville, ON, Canada.jpg|Belleville, Ontario, CanadaFile:Eclipsesolar14102023.jpg|Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilFile:Eclipse Solar - Pedra Mole - Sergipe (14-10-2023) (3).jpg|Pedra Mole, Sergipe, BrazilFile:Eclipse parcial, Natal Rio grande do norte Outubro 4 2023.png|Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilFile:Partiality.jpg|Mexican Hat, Utah, USA
Related eclipses === Tzolkinex ===* Preceded: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016* Followed: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030=== Tritos ===* Preceded: Solar eclipse of November 13–14, 2012* Followed: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034=== Half-Saros cycle ===* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2014* Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2032=== Solar Saros 134 ===* Preceded: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005* Followed: Solar eclipse of October 24–25, 2041=== Inex ===* Preceded: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994* Followed: Solar eclipse of September 22–23, 2052=== Triad ===* Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 13–14, 1936* Followed: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2110=== Eclipses of 2023 ===* A hybrid solar eclipse on April 20. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5. * An annular solar eclipse on October 14. * A partial lunar eclipse on October 28.=== Solar eclipses of 2022–2025 ====== Saros 134 ====== Inex series === Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxJanuary 3, 1908(Saros 130)150pxDecember 13, 1936(Saros 131)150pxNovember 23, 1965(Saros 132)150pxNovember 3, 1994(Saros 133)150pxOctober 14, 2023(Saros 134)150pxSeptember 22, 2052(Saros 135)150pxSeptember 3, 2081(Saros 136)=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxSeptember 21, 1903(Saros 123)150pxAugust 21, 1914(Saros 124)150pxJuly 20, 1925(Saros 125)150pxJune 19, 1936(Saros 126)150pxMay 20, 1947(Saros 127)150pxApril 19, 1958(Saros 128)150pxMarch 18, 1969(Saros 129)150pxFebruary 16, 1980(Saros 130)150pxJanuary 15, 1991(Saros 131)150pxDecember 14, 2001(Saros 132)150pxNovember 13, 2012(Saros 133)150pxOctober 14, 2023(Saros 134)150pxSeptember 12, 2034(Saros 135)150pxAugust 12, 2045(Saros 136)150pxJuly 12, 2056(Saros 137)150pxJune 11, 2067(Saros 138)150pxMay 11, 2078(Saros 139)150pxApril 10, 2089(Saros 140)150pxMarch 10, 2100(Saros 141)=== Metonic series ===
Citizen science During the annular and total eclipses of 2023 and 2024, the GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) through the GLOBE Observer app will seek to collect information on air temperature, clouds, and wind. During the 2017 eclipse, citizen scientists contributed with over 80,000 observations of air temperature and 20,000 cloud observations.
References
External links *  Five video streams hosted by NASA and Exploratorium*  NationalEclipse.com An educational site with overviews, maps, city data, events, animations, merchandise, historical information, and other resources for the 2023 eclipse and others. *  Eclipse2024.org An educational site with comprehensive eclipse information, an eclipse simulator and other resources for the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses.