Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

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Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
Hybrid eclipse
2013 Solar Eclipse Libreville.JPG
Partial from Libreville, Gabon
SE2013Nov03H.png
Map
Gamma 0.3272
Magnitude 1.0159
Maximum eclipse
Duration100 s (1 min 40 s)
Coordinates 3°30′N11°42′W / 3.5°N 11.7°W / 3.5; -11.7
Max. width of band58 km (36 mi)
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin10:04:34
(U1) Total begin11:05:17
Greatest eclipse12:47:36
(U4) Total end14:27:42
(P4) Partial end15:28:21
References
Saros 143 (23 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9538

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 3, 2013, [1] [2] [3] [4] with a magnitude of 1.0159. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning as an annular eclipse and concluding as a total eclipse, in this particular case. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.9 days before perigee (on November 6, 2013, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. [5]

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Visibility

Animation of eclipse path. SolarEclipse2013Nov03H.GIF
Animation of eclipse path.

Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia), with a maximum duration of totality of 1 minute and 39 seconds, visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana. [6]

Places with partial darkening were the eastern coast of North America, southern Greenland, Bermuda, the Caribbean islands, Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America, almost all the African continent, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece, Malta, Southern Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and the Middle East.

This solar eclipse happened simultaneously with the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it was possible to observe a partial solar eclipse in Abu Dhabi before the sunset while the F1 race took place, as shown briefly during its broadcast. [7]

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing total eclipse

Solar Eclipse of November 3, 2013
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbandaka 13:38:5115:07:5815:08:0415:08:1016:23:040:122:441.0004
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Gulu 16:07:3717:23:0017:23:1017:23:2018:27:560:202:201.0024
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of November 3, 2013
(Local Times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Hamilton 06:38:03 (sunrise)07:07:2608:14:041:3686.17%
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York City 06:28:58 (sunrise)06:32:0007:11:100:4245.80%
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Praia 09:31:1410:59:5312:39:313:0882.40%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar 10:43:2912:16:1813:56:513:1372.27%
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Banjul 10:45:4112:20:0114:01:283:1674.83%
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Bissau 10:48:3012:24:3914:07:033:1978.47%
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Conakry 10:54:1212:33:0214:16:123:2283.40%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Freetown 10:56:0212:35:4414:19:063:2386.17%
Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia Monrovia 11:03:5812:46:0214:28:483:2590.12%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 11:19:4013:03:2214:41:583:2281.44%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Abidjan 11:24:3913:09:0514:46:473:2285.55%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Accra 11:36:5713:20:4814:54:343:1881.66%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Lomé 11:41:2613:24:3314:56:373:1578.68%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Porto-Novo 12:46:0214:28:2015:58:453:1376.68%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 12:48:3314:30:2816:00:053:1276.49%
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 12:03:5613:44:3015:10:473:0798.38%
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Malabo 13:08:1614:47:0616:11:193:0385.28%
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Libreville 13:12:4014:50:5616:14:233:0298.05%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Yaoundé 13:17:0314:53:1916:14:412:5884.98%
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 13:34:0715:04:3716:21:082:4784.78%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 13:34:1515:04:4116:21:092:4784.54%
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Bangui 13:37:3215:06:2716:21:122:4485.20%
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Juba 16:05:3817:21:4818:27:022:2191.94%
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Kigali 15:06:2116:22:4017:28:052:2284.26%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Gitega 15:07:0716:22:4917:27:482:2178.60%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Kampala 16:09:1817:24:0618:28:212:1990.86%
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Addis Ababa 16:14:1817:24:1718:02:08 (sunset)1:4882.51%
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Djibouti 16:17:5817:24:2917:41:42 (sunset)1:2477.17%
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi 16:16:3017:26:5818:21:08 (sunset)2:0580.69%
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Mogadishu 16:23:5417:28:5817:43:26 (sunset)1:2084.85%
References: [1]

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. [8]

November 3, 2013 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2013 November 3 at 10:05:41.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2013 November 3 at 11:06:24.6 UTC
First Central Line2013 November 3 at 11:06:26.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2013 November 3 at 11:06:28.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2013 November 3 at 12:14:17.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2013 November 3 at 12:39:54.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2013 November 3 at 12:47:36.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2013 November 3 at 12:51:04.5 UTC
Greatest Duration2013 November 3 at 12:51:58.3 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2013 November 3 at 13:21:08.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2013 November 3 at 14:28:50.1 UTC
Last Central Line2013 November 3 at 14:28:50.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2013 November 3 at 14:28:50.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2013 November 3 at 15:29:29.3 UTC
November 3, 2013 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.01587
Eclipse Obscuration1.03200
Gamma0.32715
Sun Right Ascension14h35m19.9s
Sun Declination-15°12'22.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'07.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension14h35m37.0s
Moon Declination-14°53'30.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'07.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°59'11.0"
ΔT67.2 s

Eclipse season

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.

Eclipse season of October–November 2013
October 18
Descending node (full moon)
November 3
Ascending node (new moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-2013Oct18.png SE2013Nov03H.png
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 117		 Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 143

Eclipses in 2013

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 143

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. [9]

The partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
118
Partial solar eclipse Tromso 2011-05-31 (cropped).jpg
Partial in Tromsø, Norway 		June 1, 2011
SE2011Jun01P.png
Partial		1.21300123
Partial Solar Eclipse of 2011 11 25 -Hinode XRT- freeze frame.png
Hinode XRT footage		 November 25, 2011
SE2011Nov25P.png
Partial		−1.05359
128
Solar Eclipse May 20,2012.jpg
Annularity in Red Bluff, CA, USA 		May 20, 2012
SE2012May20A.png
Annular		0.48279133
Solar eclipse of 2012 november 14 near Mt Carbine.jpg
Totality in Mount Carbine, Queensland, Australia 		November 13, 2012
SE2012Nov13T.png
Total		−0.37189
138
Annular Solar Eclipse May 10 2013 Northern Territory Australia.JPG
Annularity in Churchills Head, Australia 		May 10, 2013
SE2013May10A.png
Annular		−0.26937143
2013 Solar Eclipse Libreville.JPG
Partial in Libreville, Gabon 		November 3, 2013
SE2013Nov03H.png
Hybrid		0.32715
148
Partial Solar Eclipse April 29th 2014 (13898733668).jpg
Partial in Adelaide, Australia 		April 29, 2014
SE2014Apr29A.png
Annular (non-central)		−0.99996153
Partial solar eclipse Oct 23 2014 Minneapolis 5-36pm Ruen1.png
Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		October 23, 2014
SE2014Oct23P.png
Partial		1.09078

Saros 143

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617. It contains total eclipses from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995; hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067; and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2897. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 16 at 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 4 minutes, 54 seconds on September 6, 2518. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [10]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
121314
SE1815Jul06T.png
July 6, 1815		 SE1833Jul17T.png
July 17, 1833		 SE1851Jul28T.png
July 28, 1851
151617
SE1869Aug07T.png
August 7, 1869 		SE1887Aug19T.png
August 19, 1887 		SE1905Aug30T.png
August 30, 1905
181920
SE1923Sep10T.png
September 10, 1923 		SE1941Sep21T.png
September 21, 1941 		SE1959Oct02T.png
October 2, 1959
212223
SE1977Oct12T.png
October 12, 1977 		SE1995Oct24T.png
October 24, 1995 		SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013
242526
SE2031Nov14H.png
November 14, 2031 		SE2049Nov25H.png
November 25, 2049 		SE2067Dec06H.png
December 6, 2067
272829
SE2085Dec16A.png
December 16, 2085 		SE2103Dec29A.png
December 29, 2103		 SE2122Jan08A.png
January 8, 2122
303132
SE2140Jan20A.png
January 20, 2140		 SE2158Jan30A.png
January 30, 2158		 SE2176Feb10A.png
February 10, 2176
33
SE2194Feb21A.png
February 21, 2194

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036
June 10–11March 28–29January 14–16November 3August 21–22
117119121123125
SE1964Jun10P.png
June 10, 1964 		SE1968Mar28P.png
March 28, 1968 		SE1972Jan16A.png
January 16, 1972 		SE1975Nov03P.png
November 3, 1975 		SE1979Aug22A.png
August 22, 1979
127129131133135
SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983 		SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987 		SE1991Jan15A.png
January 15, 1991 		SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994 		SE1998Aug22A.png
August 22, 1998
137139141143145
SE2002Jun10A.png
June 10, 2002 		SE2006Mar29T.png
March 29, 2006 		SE2010Jan15A.png
January 15, 2010 		SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013 		SE2017Aug21T.png
August 21, 2017
147149151153155
SE2021Jun10A.png
June 10, 2021 		SE2025Mar29P.png
March 29, 2025 		SE2029Jan14P.png
January 14, 2029 		SE2032Nov03P.png
November 3, 2032 		SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1806Jun16T.png
June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)		 SE1817May16A.gif
May 16, 1817
(Saros 125)		 Saros126 37van72 SE1828Apr14H.jpg
April 14, 1828
(Saros 126)		 SE1839Mar15T.gif
March 15, 1839
(Saros 127)		 SE1850Feb12A.gif
February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)
SE1861Jan11A.gif
January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)		 SE1871Dec12T.png
December 12, 1871
(Saros 130)		 SE1882Nov10A.gif
November 10, 1882
(Saros 131)		 SE1893Oct09A.gif
October 9, 1893
(Saros 132)		 SE1904Sep09T.png
September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
SE1915Aug10A.png
August 10, 1915
(Saros 134)		 SE1926Jul09A.png
July 9, 1926
(Saros 135)		 SE1937Jun08T.png
June 8, 1937
(Saros 136)		 SE1948May09A.png
May 9, 1948
(Saros 137)		 SE1959Apr08A.png
April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)
SE1970Mar07T.png
March 7, 1970
(Saros 139)		 SE1981Feb04A.png
February 4, 1981
(Saros 140)		 SE1992Jan04A.png
January 4, 1992
(Saros 141)		 SE2002Dec04T.png
December 4, 2002
(Saros 142)		 SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)
SE2024Oct02A.png
October 2, 2024
(Saros 144)		 SE2035Sep02T.png
September 2, 2035
(Saros 145)		 SE2046Aug02T.png
August 2, 2046
(Saros 146)		 SE2057Jul01A.png
July 1, 2057
(Saros 147)		 SE2068May31T.png
May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)
SE2079May01T.png
May 1, 2079
(Saros 149)		 SE2090Mar31P.png
March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)		 SE2101Feb28A.png
February 28, 2101
(Saros 151)		 Saros152 18van70 SE2112Jan29T.jpg
January 29, 2112
(Saros 152)		 Saros153 15van70 SE2122Dec28A.jpg
December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)
Saros154 13van71 SE2133Nov26A.jpg
November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)		 Saros155 13van71 SE2144Oct26T.jpg
October 26, 2144
(Saros 155)		 Saros156 09van69 SE2155Sep26A.jpg
September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)		 SE2166Aug25A.png
August 25, 2166
(Saros 157)		 Saros158 07van70 SE2177Jul25P.jpg
July 25, 2177
(Saros 158)
Saros159 04van70 SE2188Jun24P.jpg
June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)		 Saros160 02van71 SE2199May24P.jpg
May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
SE1811Mar24T.gif
March 24, 1811
(Saros 136)		 SE1840Mar04A.gif
March 4, 1840
(Saros 137)		 SE1869Feb11A.gif
February 11, 1869
(Saros 138)
SE1898Jan22T.png
January 22, 1898
(Saros 139)		 SE1927Jan03A.png
January 3, 1927
(Saros 140)		 SE1955Dec14A.png
December 14, 1955
(Saros 141)
SE1984Nov22T.png
November 22, 1984
(Saros 142)		 SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)		 SE2042Oct14A.png
October 14, 2042
(Saros 144)
SE2071Sep23T.png
September 23, 2071
(Saros 145)		 SE2100Sep04T.png
September 4, 2100
(Saros 146)		 SE2129Aug15A.png
August 15, 2129
(Saros 147)
SE2158Jul25T.png
July 25, 2158
(Saros 148)		 Saros149 30van71 SE2187Jul06T.jpg
July 6, 2187
(Saros 149)

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "November 3, 2013 Total Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
    2. ↑ "Blackout: Rare eclipse puts world in shadow". The Daily Telegraph. 2013-11-04. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-10-26– via Newspapers.com.
    3. ↑ "'Rare hybrid eclipse'". Tampa Bay Times. 2013-11-04. p. A10. Retrieved 2023-10-26– via Newspapers.com.
    4. ↑ "'Hybrid' eclipse enthralls". National Post. 2013-11-04. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-26– via Newspapers.com.
    5. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
    6. ↑ Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2013 Nov 03 NASA
    7. ↑ "Rare 'hybrid' eclipse sweeps across the globe plunging parts of Europe, Africa and US into darkness". Belfast Telegraph. November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
    8. ↑ "Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2013 Nov 03". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
    9. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
    10. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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