Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
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{{Infobox solar eclipse|2004Oct14
| previous = Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
| next = Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 14, 2004,{{cite web|title=October 14, 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2004-october-14|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=11 August 2024}}{{Cite news
| url = https://newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news-almost-eclipse-will/134036967/
| date = 2004-10-14
| page = 37
| title = 'Almost eclipse' will be in this afternoon's sky
| newspaper = Pacific Daily News
| location =
| via = Newspapers.com
| access-date = 2023-10-25
| url = https://newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-sky-watch/134036991/
| date = 2004-10-13
| page = 22
| title = Sky Watch
| newspaper = Albuquerque Journal
| location =
| via = Newspapers.com
| access-date = 2023-10-25
}} 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.
Images
File:SE2004Oct14P.gif
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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2004 Oct 14|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2004Oct14Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=11 August 2024}}
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|+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 |
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|+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 |
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Eclipse season
{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}
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.
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| Partial solar eclipse | Total lunar eclipse Lunar 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 =
{{Solar eclipse set 2004–2007}}
= Saros 124 =
{{Solar Saros series 124}}
= Metonic series =
{{Solar Metonic series 1993–2069}}
= Tritos series =
{{Solar Tritos series 2004 October 14}}
= Inex series =
{{Solar Inex series 2004 October 14}}
References
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External links
- http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2004Oct14P.GIF
- [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20041014 Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA]
Photos:
- [https://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_14oct04.html Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery]
- [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zs3t-tk/eclipse/eclipse.htm Partial Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2004]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan by Toshimi Taki
- [https://astrogalaxy.ru/188.html Report (0,371 max.phase)] from Khabarovsk, Russia
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