Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

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Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma −0.3509
Magnitude 0.9326
Maximum eclipse
Duration445 s (7 min 25 s)
Coordinates 22°00′S114°30′W / 22°S 114.5°W / -22; -114.5
Max. width of band266 km (165 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:46:13
References
Saros 144 (17 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9562

An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 2, 2024. 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 wide.

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Other than Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile and the north of the Falkland Islands, [1] the path of the eclipse's antumbra will be entirely over the Pacific Ocean. The penumbra will be visible from southern South America, Hawaii, the southwesternmost parts of Mexico (more specifically, Baja California del Sur and Jalisco), and portions of Antarctica. Approximately 175,000 people live in the path of annularity. [2] [3] The eclipse’s magnitude will be 0.93261, occurring only 56 minutes before apogee.

The next solar eclipse occurs on March 29, 2025.

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Details of the antumbra in some places or cities

Solar Eclipse of October 2, 2024
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Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso Region 12:23:4914:04:0514:10:246 min 19 s15:52:2386,9%0,932
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Tortel, Aysén Region 15:56:4817:20:0417:26:246 min 20 s18:41:5085,6%0,925
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Villa O'Higgins, Aysén Region 15:58:1217:21:0517:26:375 min 32s18:41:4985,6%0,925
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Cochrane, Aysén Region 15:57:5517:21:1517:27:095 min 54 s18:42:3085,6%0,925
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz Province 16:01:0217:22:4017:28:285 min 48 s18:42:2785,5%0,925
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz Province 16:03:5717:24:2717:29:495 min 22 s18:42:4885,4%0,924
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province 16:06:0617:27:1217:30:583 min 45 s18:44:1485,4%0,924

The 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. [4] It is also part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events.

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References

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