Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
An annular solar eclipse occurred on October 14, 2023. 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 or miles wide. Occurring only 4.6 days after apogee (Apogee on October 10, 2023), the Moon's apparent diameter was small.
| Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 | |
|---|---|
Annular Solar Eclipse as viewed within 170 meters (560 feet) of the eclipse centerline and within 1 second of maximum eclipse (Hobbs, New Mexico, USA). | |
Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.3753 |
| Magnitude | 0.952 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 317 sec (5 m 17 s) |
| Coordinates | 11.4°N 83.1°W |
| Max. width of band | 187 km (116 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:00:41 |
| References | |
| Saros | 134 (44 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9560 |
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