A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...

occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 14, 2004, with a magnitude of 0.9282. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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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

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, northeastern

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, and western

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Images

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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, 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.

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

Saros 124

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2004Oct14P.GIF *
Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA
Photos:

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan by Toshimi Taki

from Khabarovsk, Russia {{DEFAULTSORT:Solar Eclipse Of October 14, 2004 2004 in science 2004 10 14 October 2004 2004 10 14