Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003

A total solar eclipse took place on November 23, 2003,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0379. 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. It was visible from a corridor in the Antarctic region. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including the southern tip of South America and most of Australia.

Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.9638
Magnitude1.0379
Maximum eclipse
Duration117 sec (1 m 57 s)
Coordinates72.7°S 88.4°E / -72.7; 88.4
Max. width of band495 km (308 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse22:50:22
References
Saros152 (12 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9516

For most solar eclipses the path of totality moves eastwards. In this case the path moved south and then west round Antarctica.

Images


Animated map

A photo of the eclipse.

Eclipses of 2003

Solar eclipses 2000–2003

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.[2]

Partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000–2003
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 2000 July 01

Partial (south)		 −1.28214 122 2000 December 25

Partial (north)		 1.13669
127

Totality from Lusaka, Zambia		 2001 June 21

Total		 −0.57013 132

Partial from Minneapolis, MN		 2001 December 14

Annular		 0.40885
137

Partial from Los Angeles, CA		 2002 June 10

Annular		 0.19933 142

Totality from Woomera		 2002 December 04

Total		 −0.30204
147

Culloden, Scotland		 2003 May 31

Annular		 0.99598 152 2003 November 23

Total		 −0.96381

Saros 152

Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.[3]

Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100:
7 8 9

September 30, 1913
October 11, 1931
October 21, 1949
10 11 12

November 2, 1967
November 12, 1985
November 23, 2003
13 14 15

December 4, 2021
December 15, 2039
December 26, 2057
16 17

January 6, 2076
January 16, 2094

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 descending node.

22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
September 11-12 June 30-July 1 April 17-19 February 4-5 November 22-23
114 116 118 120 122

September 12, 1931
June 30, 1935
April 19, 1939
February 4, 1943
November 23, 1946
124 126 128 130 132

September 12, 1950
June 30, 1954
April 19, 1958
February 5, 1962
November 23, 1965
134 136 138 140 142

September 11, 1969
June 30, 1973
April 18, 1977
February 4, 1981
November 22, 1984
144 146 148 150 152

September 11, 1988
June 30, 1992
April 17, 1996
February 5, 2000
November 23, 2003
154 156

September 11, 2007
July 1, 2011

Notes
  1. "Eclipse of sun viewed on Antarctic for first time". Whitehorse Daily Star. 2003-11-24. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 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.
  3. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

References

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