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Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022

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Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Partial from Saratov, Russia
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0701
Magnitude0.8623
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°36′N 77°24′E / 61.6°N 77.4°E / 61.6; 77.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse11:01:20
References
Saros124 (55 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9558

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 25, 2022,[1][2][3][4][5] with a magnitude of 0.8623. 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.

The eclipse was visible from Europe, Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia and from Northeast Africa. The maximal phase of the partial eclipse occurred on the West Siberian Plain in Russia near Nizhnevartovsk, where more than 82% of the Sun was eclipsed by the Moon. In India, the Sun was eclipsed during sunset ranging from 58% in the north and around 2% in the south. From Western Europe it appeared to be around 15-30% eclipsed. It was visible between 08:58 UTC, the greatest point of eclipse occurred at 11:00 UTC and it ended at 13:02 UTC.

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Eclipse details

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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.[6]

October 25, 2022 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2022 October 25 at 08:59:30.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2022 October 25 at 10:04:55.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2022 October 25 at 10:49:51.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2022 October 25 at 11:01:20.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2022 October 25 at 13:03:26.7 UTC
October 25, 2022 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.86189
Eclipse Obscuration 0.82075
Gamma 1.07014
Sun Right Ascension 13h59m20.5s
Sun Declination -12°10'17.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'05.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 14h01m10.9s
Moon Declination -11°14'16.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'52.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'16.0"
ΔT 70.9 s

Eclipse season

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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 October–November 2022
October 25
Descending node (new moon)
November 8
Ascending node (full moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 124
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 136
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Eclipses in 2022

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 124

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2022–2025

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[7]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119

Partial in CTIO, Chile
April 30, 2022

Partial
−1.19008 124

Partial from Saratov, Russia
October 25, 2022

Partial
1.07014
129

Partial in Magetan, Indonesia
April 20, 2023

Hybrid
−0.39515 134

Annularity in Hobbs, NM, USA
October 14, 2023

Annular
0.37534
139

Totality in Dallas, TX, USA
April 8, 2024

Total
0.34314 144

Annularity in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
October 2, 2024

Annular
−0.35087
149 March 29, 2025

Partial
1.04053 154 September 21, 2025

Partial
−1.06509

Saros 124

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 124, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211 through September 22, 1968, and a hybrid eclipse on October 3, 1986. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 39 at 5 minutes, 46 seconds on May 3, 1734. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[8]

Series members 43–64 occur between 1801 and 2200:
43 44 45

June 16, 1806

June 26, 1824

July 8, 1842
46 47 48

July 18, 1860

July 29, 1878

August 9, 1896
49 50 51

August 21, 1914

August 31, 1932

September 12, 1950
52 53 54

September 22, 1968

October 3, 1986

October 14, 2004
55 56 57

October 25, 2022

November 4, 2040

November 16, 2058
58 59 60

November 26, 2076

December 7, 2094

December 19, 2112
61 62 63

December 30, 2130

January 9, 2149

January 21, 2167
64

January 31, 2185

Metonic series

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The metonic 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.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1 March 19–20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 120 122 124 126

June 1, 2011

March 20, 2015

January 6, 2019

October 25, 2022

August 12, 2026
128 130 132 134 136

June 1, 2030

March 20, 2034

January 5, 2038

October 25, 2041

August 12, 2045
138 140 142 144 146

May 31, 2049

March 20, 2053

January 5, 2057

October 24, 2060

August 12, 2064
148 150 152 154 156

May 31, 2068

March 19, 2072

January 6, 2076

October 24, 2079

August 13, 2083
158 160 162 164

June 1, 2087

October 24, 2098

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic 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 1837 and 2200

April 5, 1837
(Saros 107)

March 5, 1848
(Saros 108)

February 3, 1859
(Saros 109)

December 2, 1880
(Saros 111)

August 31, 1913
(Saros 114)

July 31, 1924
(Saros 115)

June 30, 1935
(Saros 116)

May 30, 1946
(Saros 117)

April 30, 1957
(Saros 118)

March 28, 1968
(Saros 119)

February 26, 1979
(Saros 120)

January 26, 1990
(Saros 121)

December 25, 2000
(Saros 122)

November 25, 2011
(Saros 123)

October 25, 2022
(Saros 124)

September 23, 2033
(Saros 125)

August 23, 2044
(Saros 126)

July 24, 2055
(Saros 127)

June 22, 2066
(Saros 128)

May 22, 2077
(Saros 129)

April 21, 2088
(Saros 130)

March 21, 2099
(Saros 131)

February 18, 2110
(Saros 132)

January 19, 2121
(Saros 133)

December 19, 2131
(Saros 134)

November 17, 2142
(Saros 135)

October 17, 2153
(Saros 136)

September 16, 2164
(Saros 137)

August 16, 2175
(Saros 138)

July 16, 2186
(Saros 139)

June 15, 2197
(Saros 140)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic 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 14, 1820
(Saros 117)

February 23, 1849
(Saros 118)

February 2, 1878
(Saros 119)

January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)

December 25, 1935
(Saros 121)

December 4, 1964
(Saros 122)

November 13, 1993
(Saros 123)

October 25, 2022
(Saros 124)

October 4, 2051
(Saros 125)

September 13, 2080
(Saros 126)

August 26, 2109
(Saros 127)

August 5, 2138
(Saros 128)

July 16, 2167
(Saros 129)

June 26, 2196
(Saros 130)

References

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  1. ^ "October 25, 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Surya Grahan 2022: Photos of October's Solar Eclipse, Captured From Mumbai, Chennai, Indore and Other Indian Cities | Weather.com". The Weather Channel.
  3. ^ Archie, Ayana (October 25, 2022). "The last solar eclipse of the year happens today". NPR.
  4. ^ Nicioli, Taylor (October 25, 2022). "The last solar eclipse of the year can be seen today". CNN.
  5. ^ Fine, Camille. "Last solar eclipse of the year in photos: Marvel at this astronomical phenomenon". USA TODAY.
  6. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 Oct 25". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  8. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 124". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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