2023 Annular Solar Eclipse

The 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse will be visible from Oregon to Texas, beginning in Oregon shortly after 8 a.m. on October 14, 2023 before reaching “annularity” a little after 9 a.m. The eclipse will make landfall on the Oregon Coast and will be viewable from as far south as Langlois, to as far north as Gleneden Beach. The line of the eclipse will then pass over Albany, Eugene, Springfield, Crater Lake National Park, Roseburg, Medford and Lakeview before continuing southeast.

Unlike the 2017 total solar eclipse, the entirety of the sun will not be fully obscured by the moon in totality as it was for the 2017 eclipse. Instead, a bright sun ring, also called the ring of fire, will follow along the edges of the moon which is known as annularity. According to NASA, the difference between an annular and a total eclipse depends on the distance between the moon and the earth. When the moon is at its farthest point from Earth and passes between our planet and the sun, this produces an annular eclipse. The name derives from the “ring-shaped” halo of the sun which is visible around the area obscured by the moon.

The eclipse will reach maximum coverage at 9:18 a.m. over the Eugene area, producing near-total darkness. The moon will then begin to clear the sun, completely restoring daylight at about 10:39 a.m.