Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, with a magnitude of 0.9868. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent 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. The center of the Moon's shadow missed the Earth's South Pole, but the partial eclipse was visible from parts of Antarctica and Australia, and an annular eclipse was visible from a small part of Antarctica.

This eclipse's gamma value was closer to 1 than any other eclipse from 2000 B.C. to 3000 A.D. This means the center of the Moon's shadow passed almost exactly at the surface of the Earth, barely missing the Antarctic continent by a few kilometers.

Visibility
Animation of eclipse path

Eclipses of 2014

 * A total lunar eclipse on April 15.
 * A non-central annular solar eclipse on April 29.
 * A total lunar eclipse on October 8.
 * A partial solar eclipse on October 23.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 2005
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 5, 2023

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025

Solar Saros 148

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2101

Solar eclipses of 2011–2014
Note: Total Solar Eclipse on March 20, 2015, and a Partial Solar Eclipse of September 13, 2015 occur during the next lunar year set.