Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14, 1993, with a magnitude of 0.928. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible at sunrise over parts of Australia on November 14, continued over New Zealand and Antarctica, and ended at sunset over the southern tip of South America on November 13.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1993 November 13 at 19:47:23.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1993 November 13 at 21:35:20.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1993 November 13 at 21:45:51.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1993 November 13 at 22:04:10.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1993 November 13 at 23:44:13.2 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92801
Eclipse Obscuration0.91428
Gamma−1.04114
Sun Right Ascension15h16m26.8s
Sun Declination-18°08'48.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h15m42.5s
Moon Declination-19°10'51.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'30.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'35.8"
ΔT59.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.
November 13
Ascending node
November 29
Descending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 123
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 135

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1993

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 123

Inex

Triad