Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 14, 2042, with a magnitude of 0.93. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 9 hours before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Australia, and New Zealand. A partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

Images

Animated path

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2042 October 13 at 22:57:13.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2042 October 14 at 00:04:10.2 UTC
First Central Line2042 October 14 at 00:07:16.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2042 October 14 at 00:10:23.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2042 October 14 at 01:24:38.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2042 October 14 at 02:00:41.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2042 October 14 at 02:04:20.6 UTC
Greatest Duration2042 October 14 at 02:14:59.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2042 October 14 at 02:19:43.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2042 October 14 at 02:36:17.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2042 October 14 at 03:50:47.6 UTC
Last Central Line2042 October 14 at 03:53:55.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2042 October 14 at 03:57:02.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2042 October 14 at 05:04:03.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93005
Eclipse Obscuration0.86500
Gamma−0.30304
Sun Right Ascension13h17m05.8s
Sun Declination-08°08'35.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'01.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension13h16m35.0s
Moon Declination-08°23'00.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'41.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°53'56.6"
ΔT80.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
September 29
Ascending node
October 14
Descending node
October 28
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 118		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 144		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 156

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Tritos

Solar Saros 144

Inex

Triad