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Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

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]

Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
Partial from Libreville, Gabon
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Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma0.3272
Magnitude1.0159
Maximum eclipse
Duration100 s (1 min 40 s)
Coordinates3°30′N 11°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
Saros143 (23 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9538

Viewing

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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]

From space

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Simulated shadow path
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Eclipse details

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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
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2013 November 03 at 10:05:41.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2013 November 03 at 11:06:24.6 UTC
First Central Line 2013 November 03 at 11:06:26.7 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2013 November 03 at 11:06:28.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2013 November 03 at 12:14:17.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2013 November 03 at 12:39:54.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2013 November 03 at 12:47:36.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2013 November 03 at 12:51:04.5 UTC
Greatest Duration 2013 November 03 at 12:51:58.3 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2013 November 03 at 13:21:08.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.1 UTC
Last Central Line 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2013 November 03 at 15:29:29.3 UTC
November 3, 2013 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.01587
Eclipse Obscuration 1.03200
Gamma 0.32715
Sun Right Ascension 14h35m19.9s
Sun Declination -15°12'22.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 14h35m37.0s
Moon Declination -14°53'30.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'07.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'11.0"
ΔT 67.2 s

Eclipse season

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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.

Eclipse season of October–November 2013
October 18
Descending node (full moon)
 November 3
Ascending node (new moon)
   
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 117		 Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 143
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Eclipses in 2013

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 143

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

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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
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118
 
Partial in Tromsø, Norway 		June 1, 2011
 
Partial 		1.21300 123
 
Hinode XRT footage 		November 25, 2011
 
Partial 		−1.05359
128
 
Annularity in Red Bluff, CA, USA 		May 20, 2012
 
Annular 		0.48279 133
 
Totality in Mount Carbine, Queensland, Australia 		November 13, 2012
 
Total 		−0.37189
138
 
Annularity in Churchills Head, Australia 		May 10, 2013
 
Annular 		−0.26937 143
 
Partial in Libreville, Gabon 		November 3, 2013
 
Hybrid 		0.32715
148
 
Partial in Adelaide, Australia 		April 29, 2014
 
Annular (non-central) 		−0.99996 153
 
Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		October 23, 2014
 
Partial 		1.09078

Saros 143

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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:
12 13 14
 
July 6, 1815 		 
July 17, 1833 		 
July 28, 1851
15 16 17
 
August 7, 1869 		 
August 19, 1887 		 
August 30, 1905
18 19 20
 
September 10, 1923 		 
September 21, 1941 		 
October 2, 1959
21 22 23
 
October 12, 1977 		 
October 24, 1995 		 
November 3, 2013
24 25 26
 
November 14, 2031 		 
November 25, 2049 		 
December 6, 2067
27 28 29
 
December 16, 2085 		 
December 29, 2103 		 
January 8, 2122
30 31 32
 
January 20, 2140 		 
January 30, 2158 		 
February 10, 2176
33
 
February 21, 2194

Metonic series

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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 10–11 March 28–29 January 14–16 November 3 August 21–22
117 119 121 123 125
 
June 10, 1964 		 
March 28, 1968 		 
January 16, 1972 		 
November 3, 1975 		 
August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135
 
June 11, 1983 		 
March 29, 1987 		 
January 15, 1991 		 
November 3, 1994 		 
August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145
 
June 10, 2002 		 
March 29, 2006 		 
January 15, 2010 		 
November 3, 2013 		 
August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155
 
June 10, 2021 		 
March 29, 2025 		 
January 14, 2029 		 
November 3, 2032 		 
August 21, 2036

Tritos series

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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
 
June 16, 1806
(Saros 124) 		 
May 16, 1817
(Saros 125) 		 
April 14, 1828
(Saros 126) 		 
March 15, 1839
(Saros 127) 		 
February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)
 
January 11, 1861
(Saros 129) 		 
December 12, 1871
(Saros 130) 		 
November 10, 1882
(Saros 131) 		 
October 9, 1893
(Saros 132) 		 
September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
 
August 10, 1915
(Saros 134) 		 
July 9, 1926
(Saros 135) 		 
June 8, 1937
(Saros 136) 		 
May 9, 1948
(Saros 137) 		 
April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)
 
March 7, 1970
(Saros 139) 		 
February 4, 1981
(Saros 140) 		 
January 4, 1992
(Saros 141) 		 
December 4, 2002
(Saros 142) 		 
November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)
 
October 2, 2024
(Saros 144) 		 
September 2, 2035
(Saros 145) 		 
August 2, 2046
(Saros 146) 		 
July 1, 2057
(Saros 147) 		 
May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)
 
May 1, 2079
(Saros 149) 		 
March 31, 2090
(Saros 150) 		 
February 28, 2101
(Saros 151) 		 
January 29, 2112
(Saros 152) 		 
December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)
 
November 26, 2133
(Saros 154) 		 
October 26, 2144
(Saros 155) 		 
September 26, 2155
(Saros 156) 		 
August 25, 2166
(Saros 157) 		 
July 25, 2177
(Saros 158)
 
June 24, 2188
(Saros 159) 		 
May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

Inex series

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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
 
March 24, 1811
(Saros 136) 		 
March 4, 1840
(Saros 137) 		 
February 11, 1869
(Saros 138)
 
January 22, 1898
(Saros 139) 		 
January 3, 1927
(Saros 140) 		 
December 14, 1955
(Saros 141)
 
November 22, 1984
(Saros 142) 		 
November 3, 2013
(Saros 143) 		 
October 14, 2042
(Saros 144)
 
September 23, 2071
(Saros 145) 		 
September 4, 2100
(Saros 146) 		 
August 15, 2129
(Saros 147)
 
July 25, 2158
(Saros 148) 		 
July 6, 2187
(Saros 149)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "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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