Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, with a magnitude of 0.9326. 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. Occurring about 2 hours before apogee (on October 2, 2024, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Other than Easter Island, the southern tips of Argentina and Chile, and the north of the Falkland Islands, the path of the eclipse's antumbra occurred over the Pacific Ocean. The penumbra was visible from Hawaii, eastern Oceania, southern and central South America, the southwesternmost parts of Mexico (more specifically, Baja California del Sur and Jalisco), and portions of Antarctica. The partial eclipse was observed at sunrise from Maunakea in Hawaii, where atmospheric refraction distorted the eclipsed Sun and produced a green rim. Approximately 175,000 people live in the path of annularity.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of October 2, 2024(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Easter Island 12:23:50 14:04:25 14:07:19 14:10:12 15:52:29 5:47 3:29 87.07% Puerto Deseado 16:06:08 17:27:17 17:29:07 17:30:57 18:44:16 3:40 2:38 85.51%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of October 2, 2024(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Honolulu 06:23:07 (sunrise) 06:45:58 07:52:53 1:30 46.91% Palmyra Atoll 06:35:43 (sunrise) 06:55:51 08:10:00 1:34 83.59% Kiritimati 06:15:37 (sunrise) 07:01:01 08:18:43 2:03 74.49% Fakaofo 06:07:55 (sunrise) 06:12:31 07:16:00 1:08 39.13% Apia 06:08:50 (sunrise) 06:18:45 07:18:15 1:09 29.02% Pago Pago 06:04:27 (sunrise) 06:19:35 07:19:19 1:15 28.32% Alofi 05:59:46 (sunrise) 06:27:27 07:22:39 1:23 19.64% Mata Utu 05:26:35 (sunrise) 05:28:47 06:15:18 0:49 27.33% Nuku'alofa 06:20:11 (sunrise) 06:29:47 07:19:11 0:59 15.31% Taioha'e 06:41:59 08:02:28 09:36:02 2:54 64.39% Clipperton Island 08:24:41 09:32:58 10:47:12 2:23 16.67% Rarotonga 06:41:24 07:36:37 08:38:10 1:57 20.21% Papeete 06:30:43 07:38:27 08:55:43 2:25 34.18% Baker Island 05:31:44 (sunrise) 05:39:16 06:07:35 0:36 25.12% Funafuti 05:46:33 (sunrise) 05:48:42 06:11:32 0:25 15.70% Suva 05:46:40 (sunrise) 05:48:56 06:15:14 0:29 12.42% Adamstown 08:56:56 10:24:43 12:01:24 3:04 50.87% Punta Arenas 16:01:08 17:23:00 18:38:28 2:37 75.49% El Calafate 15:59:02 17:23:25 18:40:37 2:42 83.27% Orcadas Base 16:16:51 17:25:24 18:23:45 (sunset) 2:07 57.63% Santiago 16:02:11 17:25:46 18:39:44 2:38 43.49% Comodoro Rivadavia 16:04:25 17:28:44 18:44:46 2:40 82.21% Stanley 16:12:59 17:30:59 18:42:18 2:29 83.97% King Edward Point 17:23:03 18:32:05 18:43:14 (sunset) 1:20 75.92% Asunción 15:39:38 16:37:26 17:29:25 1:50 14.82% Buenos Aires 16:23:24 17:37:51 18:44:00 2:21 41.69% Montevideo 16:26:02 17:39:16 18:44:26 2:23 42.20% Rio Grande 16:34:46 17:41:53 18:31:28 (sunset) 1:57 32.83% Rio de Janeiro 17:01:08 17:42:43 17:52:13 (sunset) 0:51 9.52% São Paulo 16:57:27 17:44:09 18:06:14 (sunset) 1:09 10.44%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 2, 2024 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2024 October 2 at 15:44:08.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2024 October 2 at 17:32:12.9 UTC First Central Line 2024 October 2 at 16:54:48.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2024 October 2 at 16:57:52.5 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2024 October 2 at 18:16:51.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2024 October 2 at 18:46:13.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2024 October 2 at 18:50:26.2 UTC Greatest Duration 2024 October 2 at 18:54:11.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2024 October 2 at 19:09:14.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2024 October 2 at 19:15:02.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2024 October 2 at 20:34:19.4 UTC Last Central Line 2024 October 2 at 20:37:23.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2024 October 2 at 20:40:27.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2024 October 2 at 21:48:09.7 UTC

+October 2, 2024 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.93261 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86975 Gamma −0.35087 Sun Right Ascension 12h36m58.9s Sun Declination -03°59'03.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'58.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h36m22.3s Moon Declination -04°15'35.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'41.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°53'56.4" ΔT 71.7 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 September–October 2024 September 18Ascending node (full moon) October 2Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2024 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25. A total solar eclipse on April 8. A partial lunar eclipse on September 18. An annular solar eclipse on October 2.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035

Solar Saros 144 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 4, 2111

Solar eclipses of 2022–2025

Saros 144

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

See also

List of solar eclipses in the 21st century Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020

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