| Annular eclipse | |
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). | |
| Gamma | 0.3753 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.952 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 317 s (5 min 17 s) |
| Coordinates | 11°24′N83°06′W / 11.4°N 83.1°W /11.4; -83.1 |
| Max. width of band | 187 km (116 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:00:41 |
| References | |
| Saros | 134 (44 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9560 |
An annularsolar eclipse occurred at the Moon’sdescending node of orbit on Saturday, October 14, 2023,[1][2][3][4][5][6] with amagnitude of 0.952. A solar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent 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 4.6 days afterapogee (on October 10, 2023, at 4:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[7]
Annularity was visible from parts ofOregon,California,Nevada, extreme southwesternIdaho,Utah,Arizona,Colorado,New Mexico, andTexas in theUnited States, theYucatán Peninsula,Belize,Honduras,Nicaragua, eastern coastalCosta Rica,Panama,Colombia, andBrazil. A partial eclipse was visible for most ofNorth America,Central America, theCaribbean, andSouth America.

The path of the eclipse crossed the United States beginning inOregon, entering atDunes City, and passing overNewport,Crater Lake National Park,Eugene (passing overUniversity of Oregon), andMedford.[8] After passing over the northeast corner ofCalifornia (inModoc National Forest), it traveled throughNevada (passing overBlack Rock Desert,Winnemucca andElko) andUtah (passing overCanyonlands National Park,Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, andBluff).[8] After that, it covered the northeast corner ofArizona (includingKayenta) and the southwest corner ofColorado (includingCortez and theUte Mountain Reservation).[8] InNew Mexico, it passed overFarmington,Albuquerque,Santa Fe,Roswell,Hobbs, andCarlsbad.[8] Afterwards, it enteredTexas, passing overMidland,Odessa,San Angelo,Kerrville,San Antonio andCorpus Christi before entering theGulf of Mexico.[8] This was the second annular eclipse visible fromAlbuquerque in 11 years, where it crossed the path of theMay 2012 eclipse. It also coincided with the last day of theAlbuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
A totalsolar eclipse crossed the United States inApril 2024 (12 states) (Saros 139, Ascending Node), and a future solar eclipse will cross inAugust 2045 (10 states) (Saros 136, Descending Node). An annular solar eclipse will occur inJune 2048 (9 states) (Saros 128, Descending Node).
InMexico, the eclipse path passed over theYucatán Peninsula, coveringSan Francisco de Campeche inCampeche,Oxkutzcab inYucatán (coming close toMérida), andChetumal inQuintana Roo.[8]
In WesternCuba,Cayman Islands, andJamaica all saw a partial eclipse (50% and above). The greatest of the partial eclipse was seen over Western Cuba and the Cayman Islands.
InGuatemala, the eclipse passed over the extreme northeastern tip ofPetén Department. InBelize, the eclipse passed overBelmopan andBelize City before leaving land again; when it entered inHonduras, it passed overLa Ceiba andCatacamas, and inNicaragua it passed overBluefields.[8] The point of greatest eclipse occurred near the coast of Nicaragua.[8] After that, inCosta Rica it passed overLimon, and inPanama it passed overSantiago and came close toPanama City. Its point of greatest duration occurred just off the coast ofNata, Panama.[8]
InSouth America, the eclipse enteredColombia from thePacific Ocean and passed overPereira,Armenia,Cali,Ibagué andNeiva.[8] InBrazil, it passed over the states ofAmazonas (coveringFonte Boa,Tefé andCoari),Pará (coveringParauapebas andXinguara),Tocantins (Araguaína)Maranhão (Balsas),Piauí (Picos),Ceará (Juazeiro do Norte),Pernambuco (Araripina),Paraíba (João Pessoa) andRio Grande do Norte (Natal) before ending in theAtlantic Ocean.[8]
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Start of annular eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of annular eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of annularity (min:s) | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | Eugene | 08:05:29 | 09:16:59 | 09:18:56 | 09:20:53 | 10:39:50 | 3:54 | 2:34 | 88.92% |
United States | Farmington | 09:11:44 | 10:31:53 | 10:34:02 | 10:36:12 | 12:04:59 | 4:19 | 2:53 | 89.63% |
United States | Albuquerque | 09:13:18 | 10:34:37 | 10:37:02 | 10:39:26 | 12:09:32 | 4:49 | 2:56 | 89.74% |
United States | Santa Fe | 09:13:38 | 10:36:07 | 10:37:29 | 10:38:51 | 12:09:57 | 2:44 | 2:56 | 89.74% |
United States | Hobbs | 09:17:10 | 10:41:15 | 10:43:42 | 10:46:09 | 12:18:58 | 4:54 | 3:02 | 89.92% |
United States | Odessa | 10:18:21 | 11:43:16 | 11:45:40 | 11:48:04 | 13:21:42 | 4:48 | 3:03 | 89.98% |
United States | Midland | 10:18:31 | 11:43:28 | 11:45:55 | 11:48:22 | 13:21:59 | 4:54 | 3:03 | 89.98% |
United States | Uvalde | 10:22:44 | 11:50:39 | 11:52:36 | 11:54:34 | 13:31:01 | 3:55 | 3:08 | 90.14% |
United States | San Antonio | 10:23:52 | 11:52:11 | 11:54:21 | 11:56:31 | 13:33:05 | 4:20 | 3:09 | 90.16% |
United States | Corpus Christi | 10:26:31 | 11:55:51 | 11:58:21 | 12:00:52 | 13:38:18 | 5:01 | 3:12 | 90.24% |
| Chetumal | 10:51:04 | 12:29:52 | 12:32:02 | 12:34:12 | 14:17:15 | 4:20 | 3:26 | 90.66% | |
| Orange Walk Town | 09:51:22 | 11:29:49 | 11:32:25 | 11:35:00 | 13:17:44 | 5:11 | 3:26 | 90.67% | |
| Belmopan | 09:52:32 | 11:32:16 | 11:33:48 | 11:35:21 | 13:19:17 | 3:05 | 3:27 | 90.69% | |
| San Pedro Town | 09:52:35 | 11:31:38 | 11:33:59 | 11:36:19 | 13:19:20 | 4:41 | 3:27 | 90.68% | |
| Belize City | 09:52:58 | 11:31:51 | 11:34:26 | 11:37:01 | 13:19:53 | 5:10 | 3:27 | 90.68% | |
| Dangriga | 09:53:53 | 11:33:20 | 11:35:33 | 11:37:47 | 13:21:06 | 4:27 | 3:27 | 90.70% | |
| Tela | 09:57:19 | 11:37:55 | 11:39:49 | 11:41:43 | 13:25:32 | 3:48 | 3:28 | 90.73% | |
| La Ceiba | 09:58:22 | 11:38:35 | 11:41:10 | 11:43:47 | 13:26:52 | 5:12 | 3:29 | 90.73% | |
| Limón | 10:17:01 | 12:02:23 | 12:03:07 | 12:03:49 | 13:48:09 | 1:26 | 3:31 | 90.80% | |
| Santiago de Veraguas | 11:25:15 | 13:10:13 | 13:12:19 | 13:14:24 | 14:56:21 | 4:11 | 3:31 | 90.79% | |
| Buenaventura | 11:43:24 | 13:29:32 | 13:31:15 | 13:32:59 | 15:12:05 | 3:27 | 3:29 | 90.71% | |
| Cali | 11:45:45 | 13:31:45 | 13:33:35 | 13:35:26 | 15:13:54 | 3:41 | 3:28 | 90.69% | |
| Tefé | 13:29:39 | 15:09:21 | 15:11:51 | 15:14:22 | 16:40:01 | 5:01 | 3:10 | 90.15% | |
| São Félix do Xingu | 15:04:32 | 16:32:35 | 16:34:53 | 16:37:11 | 17:51:27 | 4:36 | 2:47 | 89.43% | |
| Araguaína | 15:12:26 | 16:37:04 | 16:39:09 | 16:41:14 | 17:52:51 | 4:10 | 2:40 | 89.22% | |
| Balsas | 15:16:35 | 16:39:33 | 16:41:14 | 16:42:56 | 17:53:22 | 3:23 | 2:41 | 89.10% | |
| Juàzeiro do Norte | 15:26:03 | 16:43:13 | 16:45:08 | 16:47:05 | 17:30:51 (sunset) | 3:52 | 2:05 | 88.73% | |
| Natal | 15:29:31 | 16:43:57 | 16:45:45 | 16:47:33 | 17:13:34 (sunset) | 3:36 | 1:44 | 88.52% | |
| Campina Grande | 15:30:08 | 16:45:00 | 16:46:31 | 16:48:01 | 17:17:05 (sunset) | 3:01 | 1:47 | 88.55% | |
| João Pessoa | 15:31:05 | 16:45:13 | 16:46:45 | 16:48:16 | 17:13:03 (sunset) | 3:03 | 1:42 | 88.50% | |
| References:[1] | |||||||||
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 08:08:36 | 09:20:23 | 10:38:30 | 2:30 | 75.75% | ||||
United States | Los Angeles | 08:07:59 | 09:24:36 | 10:50:11 | 2:42 | 70.84% | |||
| Calgary | 09:14:21 | 10:27:01 | 11:45:19 | 2:31 | 60.81% | ||||
| Mexico City | 09:36:36 | 11:09:33 | 12:50:31 | 3:14 | 69.80% | ||||
United States | Washington, D.C. | 12:00:18 | 13:19:10 | 14:39:08 | 2:39 | 29.82% | |||
| Havana | 11:55:19 | 13:34:31 | 15:15:54 | 3:21 | 68.09% | ||||
| Guatemala City | 09:55:14 | 11:36:12 | 13:21:31 | 3:26 | 81.80% | ||||
| Punta Gorda | 09:54:39 | 11:36:19 | 13:21:56 | 3:27 | 89.38% | ||||
| San Salvador | 09:58:59 | 11:41:04 | 13:26:38 | 3:28 | 83.45% | ||||
| Nassau | 12:05:09 | 13:41:26 | 15:17:41 | 3:13 | 52.67% | ||||
| Tegucigalpa | 10:01:05 | 11:44:16 | 13:30:04 | 3:29 | 89.40% | ||||
| George Town | 11:02:40 | 12:44:50 | 14:27:51 | 3:25 | 73.47% | ||||
| Managua | 10:06:43 | 11:50:52 | 13:36:36 | 3:30 | 87.92% | ||||
| Kingston | 11:15:26 | 12:58:06 | 14:38:31 | 3:23 | 64.99% | ||||
| San José | 10:15:18 | 12:00:57 | 13:46:11 | 3:31 | 88.82% | ||||
| Port-au-Prince | 12:26:54 | 14:07:22 | 15:43:07 | 3:16 | 54.17% | ||||
| Santo Domingo | 12:34:20 | 14:13:24 | 15:46:22 | 3:12 | 49.62% | ||||
| Panama City | 11:26:08 | 13:13:23 | 14:56:59 | 3:31 | 90.23% | ||||
| Bogotá | 11:48:28 | 13:36:19 | 15:15:25 | 3:27 | 88.41% | ||||
| Quito | 11:51:21 | 13:37:41 | 15:16:53 | 3:26 | 79.09% | ||||
| Caracas | 12:56:13 | 14:39:18 | 16:11:36 | 3:15 | 60.93% | ||||
| Iquitos | 12:11:16 | 13:56:12 | 15:30:23 | 3:19 | 80.35% | ||||
| Lima | 12:29:19 | 14:04:27 | 15:31:08 | 3:02 | 50.04% | ||||
| Georgetown | 13:28:58 | 15:05:46 | 16:28:33 | 3:00 | 58.60% | ||||
| Paramaribo | 14:38:59 | 16:12:56 | 17:32:45 | 2:54 | 58.70% | ||||
| Cayenne | 14:47:44 | 16:18:55 | 17:36:08 | 2:48 | 59.30% | ||||
| Manaus | 13:40:37 | 15:19:30 | 16:43:40 | 3:03 | 88.31% | ||||
| Riberalta | 13:44:38 | 15:21:11 | 16:45:15 | 3:01 | 69.07% | ||||
| Belém | 15:04:30 | 16:32:48 | 17:47:27 | 2:43 | 76.76% | ||||
| Brasília | 15:25:43 | 16:45:41 | 17:55:00 | 2:29 | 63.10% | ||||
| References:[1] | |||||||||
During the annular and total eclipses of 2023 and 2024, the GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) through the GLOBE Observer app will seek to collect information on air temperature, clouds, and wind. During the2017 eclipse,citizen scientists contributed with over 80,000 observations of air temperature and 20,000 cloud observations.[9][10]
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.[11]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2023 October 14 at 15:04:58.2 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2023 October 14 at 16:11:19.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2023 October 14 at 16:13:35.5 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2023 October 14 at 16:15:52.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2023 October 14 at 17:35:49.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2023 October 14 at 17:37:48.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2023 October 14 at 17:56:18.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2023 October 14 at 18:00:40.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2023 October 14 at 18:14:20.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2023 October 14 at 18:26:05.1 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2023 October 14 at 19:45:45.0 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2023 October 14 at 19:47:59.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2023 October 14 at 19:50:13.1 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2023 October 14 at 20:56:26.7 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.95204 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.90638 |
| Gamma | 0.37534 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 13h18m05.4s |
| Sun Declination | -08°14'36.7" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'02.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 13h18m44.3s |
| Moon Declination | -07°56'18.9" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'02.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°55'13.8" |
| ΔT | 71.3 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse 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 afortnight.
| October 14 Descending node (new moon) | October 28 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 134 | Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 146 |
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 Partial inCTIO,Chile | April 30, 2022 Partial | −1.19008 | 124 Partial fromSaratov,Russia | October 25, 2022 Partial | 1.07014 | |
| 129 Partial inMagetan,Indonesia | April 20, 2023 Hybrid | −0.39515 | 134 Annularity inHobbs, NM, USA | October 14, 2023 Annular | 0.37534 | |
| 139 Totality inDallas, TX, USA | April 8, 2024 Total | 0.34314 | 144 Annularity inSanta Cruz Province, Argentina | October 2, 2024 Annular | −0.35087 | |
| 149 Partial fromHalifax,Canada | March 29, 2025 Partial | 1.04053 | 154 | September 21, 2025 Partial | −1.06509 | |
This eclipse is a part ofSaros series 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554; hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843; and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is oneexeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 11 at 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 52 at 10 minutes, 55 seconds on January 10, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’sdescending node of orbit.[12]
| Series members 32–53 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 33 | 34 |
June 6, 1807 | June 16, 1825 | June 27, 1843 |
| 35 | 36 | 37 |
July 8, 1861 | July 19, 1879 | July 29, 1897 |
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
August 10, 1915 | August 21, 1933 | September 1, 1951 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
September 11, 1969 | September 23, 1987 | October 3, 2005 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
October 14, 2023 | October 25, 2041 | November 5, 2059 |
| 47 | 48 | 49 |
November 15, 2077 | November 27, 2095 | December 8, 2113 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
December 19, 2131 | December 30, 2149 | January 10, 2168 |
| 53 | ||
January 20, 2186 | ||
Themetonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
| 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
May 21, 1993 | March 9, 1997 | December 25, 2000 | October 14, 2004 | August 1, 2008 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
May 20, 2012 | March 9, 2016 | December 26, 2019 | October 14, 2023 | August 2, 2027 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 21, 2031 | March 9, 2035 | December 26, 2038 | October 14, 2042 | August 2, 2046 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 20, 2050 | March 9, 2054 | December 26, 2057 | October 13, 2061 | August 2, 2065 |
| 158 | ||||
May 20, 2069 | ||||
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
June 26, 1805 (Saros 114) | May 27, 1816 (Saros 115) | April 26, 1827 (Saros 116) | March 25, 1838 (Saros 117) | February 23, 1849 (Saros 118) |
January 23, 1860 (Saros 119) | December 22, 1870 (Saros 120) | November 21, 1881 (Saros 121) | October 20, 1892 (Saros 122) | September 21, 1903 (Saros 123) |
August 21, 1914 (Saros 124) | July 20, 1925 (Saros 125) | June 19, 1936 (Saros 126) | May 20, 1947 (Saros 127) | April 19, 1958 (Saros 128) |
March 18, 1969 (Saros 129) | February 16, 1980 (Saros 130) | January 15, 1991 (Saros 131) | December 14, 2001 (Saros 132) | November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
October 14, 2023 (Saros 134) | September 12, 2034 (Saros 135) | August 12, 2045 (Saros 136) | July 12, 2056 (Saros 137) | June 11, 2067 (Saros 138) |
May 11, 2078 (Saros 139) | April 10, 2089 (Saros 140) | March 10, 2100 (Saros 141) | February 8, 2111 (Saros 142) | January 8, 2122 (Saros 143) |
December 7, 2132 (Saros 144) | November 7, 2143 (Saros 145) | October 7, 2154 (Saros 146) | September 5, 2165 (Saros 147) | August 4, 2176 (Saros 148) |
July 6, 2187 (Saros 149) | June 4, 2198 (Saros 150) | |||
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
March 4, 1821 (Saros 127) | February 12, 1850 (Saros 128) | January 22, 1879 (Saros 129) |
January 3, 1908 (Saros 130) | December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) | November 23, 1965 (Saros 132) |
November 3, 1994 (Saros 133) | October 14, 2023 (Saros 134) | September 22, 2052 (Saros 135) |
September 3, 2081 (Saros 136) | August 15, 2110 (Saros 137) | July 25, 2139 (Saros 138) |
July 5, 2168 (Saros 139) | June 15, 2197 (Saros 140) | |