A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 14, 2004, with a magnitude of 0.9282. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Russia, Mongolia, northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and western Alaska.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of October 14, 2004(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Krasnoyarsk 09:08:38 09:35:00 10:02:00 0:53 2.79% Irkutsk 10:14:07 10:41:40 11:09:54 0:56 2.64% Norilsk 09:12:59 (sunrise) 09:43:39 10:33:58 1:21 25.78% Chita 11:09:45 11:50:08 12:31:45 1:22 8.00% Khatanga 08:55:53 09:50:57 10:47:19 1:51 37.36% Mohe 09:06:50 09:59:12 10:53:04 1:46 17.77% Tiksi 11:01:01 12:03:01 13:05:47 2:05 52.01% Yakutsk 11:01:16 12:03:37 13:07:09 2:06 40.09% Verkhoyansk 12:01:57 13:05:38 14:10:06 2:08 50.65% Harbin 09:20:41 10:08:31 10:57:28 1:37 10.76% Mudanjiang 09:22:57 10:13:42 11:05:28 1:43 12.48% Pyongyang 10:46:39 11:14:25 11:42:34 0:56 1.67% Komsomolsk-on-Amur 12:13:19 13:17:24 14:22:14 2:09 31.32% Seoul 10:52:11 11:18:08 11:44:24 0:52 1.31% Vladivostok 12:26:06 13:18:24 14:11:34 1:45 13.18% Magadan 13:13:46 14:24:12 15:34:05 2:20 59.24% Pevek 14:20:41 15:28:22 16:34:42 2:14 77.66% Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 12:21:05 13:28:34 14:36:03 2:15 34.16% Anadyr 14:29:53 15:39:30 16:46:47 2:17 82.48% Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 14:25:53 15:40:00 16:52:06 2:26 62.60% Tokyo 10:45:14 11:40:46 12:36:11 1:51 13.53% Anchorage 17:56:08 18:47:06 18:51:44 (sunset) 0:56 71.06% Adak 16:52:53 18:05:48 19:14:01 2:21 83.22% Unalaska 17:58:51 19:08:38 20:12:03 (sunset) 2:13 87.88% Midway Atoll 15:39:55 16:50:06 17:53:27 2:14 52.98% Wake Island 14:46:35 15:50:46 16:49:47 2:03 25.29% Palikir 14:47:03 15:02:47 15:18:11 0:31 0.29% Honolulu 17:13:58 18:05:43 18:08:03 (sunset) 0:54 36.95% Majuro 15:36:08 16:15:17 16:52:04 1:16 6.10% Tarawa 16:18:05 16:23:46 16:29:23 0:11 0.02%References:
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.
+October 14, 2004 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2004 October 14 at 00:55:42.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2004 October 14 at 02:01:31.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2004 October 14 at 02:49:19.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2004 October 14 at 03:00:23.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2004 October 14 at 05:05:22.2 UTC
+October 14, 2004 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92826 Eclipse Obscuration 0.90617 Gamma 1.03481 Sun Right Ascension 13h18m00.5s Sun Declination -08°14'10.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'02.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 13h19m53.4s Moon Declination -07°20'43.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'55.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'26.4" ΔT 64.6 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.
+ Eclipse season of October 2004 October 14Descending node (new moon) October 28Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 124 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 136
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2004 A partial solar eclipse on April 19. A total lunar eclipse on May 4. A partial solar eclipse on October 14. A total lunar eclipse on October 28.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 1995 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
Solar Saros 124 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 15, 2091
Solar eclipses of 2004–2007
Saros 124
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2004Oct14P.GIF Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA
Photos: Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery Partial Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2004, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan by Toshimi Taki Report (0,371 max.phase) from Khabarovsk, Russia