Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013


A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 3, 2013, 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, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean to Africa, with a maximum duration of totality of 1 minute and 39 seconds, visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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.

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 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

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 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.
October 18
Descending node
November 3
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 117		Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2013

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 143

Inex

Triad