Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 2, 2024. 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.
| Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 | |
|---|---|
Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.3509 |
| Magnitude | 0.9326 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 445 sec (7 m 25 s) |
| Coordinates | 22°S 114.5°W |
| Max. width of band | 266 km (165 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:46:13 |
| References | |
| Saros | 144 (17 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9562 |
Other than Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile, the path of the eclipse's antumbra will be entirely over the Pacific Ocean. The penumbra will be visible from southern South America, Hawaii and portions of Antarctica. Eclipse magnitude is 0.93261, occurring only 56 minutes before apogee.