2023-10-14 Solar Eclipse

[Image.]  Globe showing the Annular Solar Eclipse path for 2023-10-14.

There will be an Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14 of 2023 (2023-10-14).  Solar annularity will be visible from the Contiguous United States of America (USA) but will not be visible from Maryland.  In Maryland, this will be only a Partial Solar Eclipse instead.

[Image.]  USA map of the Annular Solar Eclipse path for 2023-10-14.

partiality

This will be a Partial Solar Eclipse in Maryland.  From the Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Campus, the eclipse will be over a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes from T11:56 (11:56 AM) to T14:36 (2:36 PM) with the eclipse maximum at T13:15 (1:15 PM).   The eclipse will go from (AZ, ALT) = (159.2, 39.92)° to (AZ, ALT) = (209.8, 37.40)° with the eclipse maximum at (AZ, ALT) = (184.7, 42.02)°.  The ideal observing location will be outside of an urban area, with trees or water (not pavement or buildings) to the south.  You may get a better view from the Rocky Gap State Park Campground overlooking Lake Habeeb to the south but the college campus is more convenient for accessibility.

ephemeris

Solar eclipse ephemeris for the Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Campus generated by Occult from the International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA).

S O L A R     E C L I P S E     P R E D I C T I O N   for 2023 Oct 14 
                    Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Campus
 East Longitude - 78 43.88
       Latitude   39 39.09
       Altitude  205 m.

         TT-UTC  69.2 secs    Prediction basis: DE440
        UT1-UTC  0.0 secs    ▲T [= TT-UT1]  69.2 secs

Event               UTC       P.A.   alt.      Differential Corrections
                  h  m  s       o      o          A       B       C
First Contact    15 56  1     280     40         2.50    0.21   -0.04
Second Contact   .. .. ..
Maximum Eclipse  17 15  8             42         1.69   -1.45   -0.05
Third Contact    .. .. ..
Last Contact     18 35 47     165     37         0.80   -2.60   -0.07

Magnitude at Maximum Eclipse 0.434

At Maximum Eclipse
Distance from Centre of eclipse    0.311182     151.1   135.3    0.09

Planetary elongations
Mercury 4° W    Venus 46° W    Mars 11° E    Jupiter 158° W    Saturn 130° E

Differential Corrections:
Units: for Contact Times - seconds; Distance - 0.000001
A and B - per arc minute, C - per km in altitude

annularity

Solar annularity will be visible from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon.  You must travel to one of these states in order to see Solar annularity in the USA.

rarity

If you are in Maryland and are not able to travel more than one state over to witness Solar annularity, the next Annular Solar Eclipse visible from the region covering Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Delaware is not until 2093-07-23 (in Pennsylvania), a wait time of seventy years.  Based on average life expectancy in the USA for 2023, anyone in the USA born before 2017 will not likely be able to see this.

If you are able to travel anywhere within the Contiguous USA, the next Annular Solar Eclipse after 2023-10-14 will be on 2046-02-05, visible from Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon.  This will be a wait time of twenty-three years and individuals in the USA born before 1970 will not likely be able to see this.

see also

• https://www.nicolesharp.net/eclipses/2023-10-14.htm
• Solar Eclipse of 2023-10-14/ephemerides
• Solar Eclipse of 2023-10-14/coordinates

keywords

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