Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004

Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.0348
Magnitude	0.9282
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61.2°N 153.7°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	3:00:23
References
Saros	124 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9518

A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 13–14, 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. It was the 54th eclipse of the 124th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on March 6, 1049 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347.

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Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2004

Solar eclipses 2004–2007

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 2004–2007
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
119	2004 April 19 Partial (south)	-1.13345	124	2004 October 14 Partial (north)	1.03481
129 Partial from Naiguatá	2005 April 8 Hybrid	-0.34733	134 Annular from Madrid, Spain	2005 October 3 Annular	0.33058
139 Total from Side, Turkey	2006 March 29 Total	0.38433	144 Partial from São Paulo, Brazil	2006 September 22 Annular	-0.40624
149 From Jaipur, India	2007 March 19 Partial (north)	1.07277	154 From Córdoba, Argentina	2007 September 11 Partial (south)	-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.[2]

Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065
May 20–21	March 8–9	December 25–26	October 13–14	August 1–2
98	100	102	104	106
May 21, 1955	March 9, 1959	December 26, 1962	October 14, 1966	August 2, 1970
108	110	112	114	116
May 21, 1974	March 9, 1978	December 26, 1981	October 14, 1985	August 1, 1989
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	160	162	164	166
May 20, 2069	March 8, 2073	December 26, 2076	October 13, 2080	August 1, 2084

References

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.
Freeth, Tony. "Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions". plos.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

External links

Photos:

Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
Partial Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2004, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan by Toshimi Taki

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[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.

[2] Freeth, Tony. "Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions". plos.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.