A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 25, 2022,[1] 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.
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.[2]
| 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 |
| 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 |
See also: Eclipse cycle. 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.
•https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/10/20/solar-eclipse-2022-everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-weeks-partial-eclipse-of-the-sun/amp/